All Progressive Congress gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai , on Monday alleged that Kaduna State successive governments have nothing to show for the over N600 billion they received from the Federation Account in the last seven years.
El Rufai, who made this allegation as guest of Freedom Radio Hausa programme, “Barka da warhaka,” also said Kaduna State is the second most indebted state in Nigeria after Lagos State.
He said, “Although Lagos State is more indebted than Kaduna State, but it has the capacity to pay. Governor Babatunde Fashola generates N20 billion monthly internally, but Kaduna does not get N1 billion from Internally Generated Revenue.”
The former FCT minister also pointed out that Kaduna receives the second highest monthly statutory allocation from the Federation Account in the north after Kano State, saying, “yet it has nothing to show for it.”
He, however, noted that his criticisms were not borne out of partisanship because other Peoples Democratic Party states like Gombe and Katsina are executing laudable projects, wondering “why should our own PDP government be different?”
The governorship candidate also faulted the state government’s claim that it used most of the monies that accrued to it in the last seven years in paying debts. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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