The Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, has urged Nigerians not to expect magic from the All Progressives Congress.
According to him, this is because it took the Peoples Democratic Party 16 years to create the mess the APC is trying to clean up.
Abubakar said this in an interview in Abuja, on Saturday. He explained that it would be unfair to pass judgment on the APC which has spent less than 10 months in power.
He said, “It is unfair for the APC government to be judged. People have forgotten that the PDP held sway for 16 years. Therefore, people should not expect magic from the APC. We are committed. You can see from the time we took over that even oil, which price has been dwindling, has started to rise due to the efforts of Mr. President.
“So, people should not be impatient. People should give us at least 16 years and see if we would not remove the rot that the PDP had caused. It is unfair for Nigerians to judge us in eight or nine months. I am assuring Nigerians that the APC government at the centre is on course and all the APC governments in the states will deliver Insha Allah.”
The governor also explained that he was compelled to investigate the immediate past administration in his state in order to recover public property looted by those who betrayed public trust.
According to him, investigations so far carried out by a high- powered committee earlier set up by him, has in addition to recovering looted public property, also exposed 19,000 ghost workers.
He explained that although the state government was not an investigating outfit, the people of the state deserved to know how their affairs were being managed.
Abubakar said, “We are probing the last administration and a lot of revelations have so far been made. Right now, I have a high-powered committee that is investigating all contracts from 2007 to 2015.
“This is after I set up a public property recovery committee under (the chairmanship of) a retired Air Commodore that has succeeded in recovering a lot of property that were earlier carted away.”
The governor put the figure of ghost workers so far on the state’s payroll at 19,000.
He said this was made possible after his administration insisted on the use of the Bank Verification Numbers to authenticate those on its payroll.
Abubakar also stressed that he had given a directive stopping the use of cash to pay salaries.
He maintained that as from February, all public servants at the state and local government levels should receive their salaries through designated banks.
He said that his administration would use the findings of its investigating committee as a basis to petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to bring the culprits to book and recover the outstanding state property in private hands. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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You promised magic and you must give magic.! Barawo!
ReplyDeleteThat's a horrendous lie! APC never promised any magic. Right from the campaigns, the party kept drumming it to our ears that fixing this country was going to be a herculean task but trust Nigerians to forget easily.
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DeleteSorry to break your heart,this party can't last more than 4years,talkless of 16years...see there mouth,we should give them 16years,so that we can all die....God forbid...
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