The
Zamfara State House of Assembly on Wednesday, listed six impeachable offences
committed by Gov. Abdulaziz Yari, citing them as reasons lawmakers are pushing
for his impeachment.
A statement issued in Gusau by the Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on
Information, Mannir Gidan-Jaja, accused the governor of misappropriating
billions of naira from the state coffers.
It listed the money allegedly misappropriated to include N11 billion bailout
fund, N1 billion agricultural loan released to the state by the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) and “corrupt abuse of local government funds”.
The assembly also
accused the governor of failing to remit funds deducted for pensions and
gratuities to pension fund administrators as provided by law.
According to the
statement, the governor had also ignored a resolution of the assembly not to
appoint Murtala Jangebe as Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education
Board.
It said that the assembly had passed a vote of no confidence in Jangebe,
after he was allegedly found to have misappropriated over N1 billion belonging
to the board in 2014.
The statement accused the governor of frequent foreign
trips which have had negative impact on the day-to-day running of government,
apart from imposing financial burden on the state.
The lawmakers condemned the
arrest of the Speaker, his Deputy, Majority Whip and supporting staff of the
assembly by the Department of States Services, DSS.
The lawmakers described the
arrest as a clear interference in the functions of the legislature as enshrined
in the Constitution.
The statement urged President Muhammadu Buhari to caution
the DSS against further interference in the matter.
“We are also demanding the
unconditional release of our principal officers who are currently under
detention with the DSS in Abuja.” (NAN)
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