The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over an alleged plan by the Kano State Government to pilfer N8.08 billion local government funds without justification.
Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the state’s APC Chairman in a statement on Tuesday, urged the local government councils and commercial banks in the state to stop the process of clearing the release of the funds to the state government.
Abbas said the plot by the New Nigerian People Party (NNPP)-led government was to take over the functions of local government councils to misappropriate their funds ahead of the pending Supreme Court judgment.
According to Abbas, APC had gotten a copy of the letter of approval from the Ministry for Local Government directing the 44 local government councils to release N101 million each for the construction Dan’Agundi interchange and an additional N36 million each for the construction of Tal’udu interchange.
He added, “The approval letter, which was sent to all council’s chairmen, copied to the Auditor-General, Local Government Audit and all zonal inspectors of the ministry was for the contribution of the councils to the projects.”
Abbas alleged that the NNPP government removed and posted new Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) and treasurers to ensure that there were no hitches in muscling the local councils through the embezzlement of their funds.
He called on Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to consider the interest of the people of the state, stressing that the decision to embark on such projects had come under massive attack by people of the state.
