El-Rufai said he does not want to be a political godfather and that is why he does not interfere in the affairs of Kaduna State.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Kaduna State House of Assembly has set up a committee to probe the finances of the state during the administration of ex-governor Nasir el-Rufai.
Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Henry Zacharia, confirmed this to TheCable.
Zacharia said the eight-member fact finding committee was set up during plenary on Tuesday “to find out the financial dealings of the state under the former governor”.
The committee has been tasked with looking at loans, grants, and project implementation from 2015 to 2023 — the period in which El-Rufai governed.
This comes amid concerns that El-Rufai’s relationship with his successor, Governor Uba Sani, had collapsed.
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On March 30, Sani said his administration inherited a debt of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai administration.
Speaking during a town hall meeting, Sani also said he has not borrowed “a kobo in the last nine months”.
He, however, said the huge debt burden is eating deep into the state’s share of the monthly federation allocation.
On Monday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, El-Rufai said he does not want to be a political godfather and that is why he does not interfere in the affairs of Kaduna State after his administration.