HEADLINENEWS.NEWS correspondent reports that the Kaduna State House of Assembly has commenced a probe into the financial transactions of the state government under former governor Nasir el-Rufa’i.
Recall that the speaker of the assembly, Yusuf Liman, has earlier inaugurated the 13-man committee during plenary.
The constitution of the committee followed a motion moved by the member representing the Kauru constituency, Mugu Yusuf, asking the House to investigate all the loans obtained by the El-Rufai administration.
The committee seems to have commenced the responsibility saddled on it as a letter to the Commissioner of Finance from the office of the clerk of the Kaduna State House of Assembly referenced LEG/S.382/VOL.II/615, requested for submission of memorandum and documents regarding financial transactions from 2015 to May 2023.
The letter, signed by Barr. Sakinatu Hassan Idris (Mrs.), Clerk to the Legislature said, “The Kaduna State House of Assembly at its One Hundred and Fiftieth (150th) Sitting on Tuesday, 16th April, 2024, Resolved and Constituted an Ad-Hoc Committee to investigate Loans, Financial Transactions, Contractual Liabilities & Other Related Matters of The Government of Kaduna State from 29th May, 2015 to 29 May, 2023, in accordance with Order XVI Rule 9 of the Standing Orders and Rules of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, 2019 and Section 103, 128 & 129 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended).”
The letter added, “Accordingly, I am directed to request you to forward to the Ad-Hoc Committee Memorandum to be accompanied with the Underlisted DOCUMENTS and all other documents you consider relevant to the assignment of the Committee:-