Matawalle said that contrary to the allegations by the EFCC his administration has never paid workers’ salaries in cash and could not afford to do so at this time when the government agreed to implement the national minimum wage of N30,000.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to search his property where the agency alleged to have discovered “humongous amount of money for laundering through cash payment of salaries.”
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, Matawalle said “the offer became necessary in view of the grandly designed connivance by enemies of Zamfara and vanguards of disruption to rupture his hard-earned reputation and progress he had made as a governor“.
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According to him, to demonstrate the commitment of the state government in this direction, Matawalle has already directed his attorneys to officially communicate to the EFCC his offer and the list of demands, including “retracting the fake news by the online medium against his person“.
“The government will not take it lightly with anyone who tries to add salt to the security injury inflicted on the good people of Zamfara through tarnishing the good image of the governor,” the statement said.
Matawalle said that since his assumption of office as the governor of the state about four years ago he had “been administering the state in the most responsible way and manner that was credible“.
This, he noted, was despite the enormous security challenges and meagre resources at the disposal of the government.
The governor said he would not allow anyone to ridicule him before the people him and relegate the efforts of his administration.
Matawalle said that contrary to the allegations by the EFCC his administration has never paid workers’ salaries in cash and could not afford to do so at this time when the government agreed to implement the national minimum wage of N30,000.