A two-weeks ultimatum has been issued to the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (Turakin Keffi) to account for the N2.1 billion allocated to the Nasarawa West Senatorial District in the 2020 National Assembly budget.
The ultimatum which came from Nasarawa State Transparency and Accountability for Good Governance Forum (NSTAGGF), as noticed by our correspondent, went ahead to list the 2020 budget breakdown of the Constituency Projects that are supposed to be executed in Keffi, Kokona, Nasarawa, Toto, and Karu local government councils of the state.
The forum, which made the demands via an open letter to Adamu, listed the allocation of N500 million for the provision of motorised boreholes within the senatorial district, the allocation of N120 million for the construction of rural roads from Shabu-Agwada junction to Barkinogi-Shabu, the allocation of N500 million for the provision of farm inputs to farmers across the constituency, among that amounts to be accounted for.
Signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Bashir, they also want Adamu to account for the allocation of N300 million for the provision of solar-powered boreholes within Keffi and its environs, the allocation of N500 million for the training and empowerment of youths and women in various agricultural value-chains.
The Trumpet gathered that they are also demanding for the allocation of N100 million for the provision of solar street lights across communities in Keffi and the allocation of N200 million for the provision of agricultural equipment for farmers and the purchase of 150 horsepower to John Deere Tractors.
The forum in the letter asked Adamu to within two weeks provide detailed accounts of the funds to the constituents. Failure to provide details accounts of the projects would amount to misappropriation.
The forum, as unanimously agreed by the members, would not hesitate to invite both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the ICPC to investigate him.
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Reeling out how the forum has been monitoring the implementation of budgetary expenditures across the 109 senatorial districts in the country, including the Nasarawa West Senatorial district, they said “We have discovered that there was a budgetary provision of N2.1 billion in the 2020 appropriation to Senator Abdullahi Adamu who represented the Nasarawa West senatorial district at the time.
“An investigation conducted by the forum in the district revealed that there is no record of the implementation of the said constituency projects in the district.
“As a watchdog for good governance, it is within our core mission to seek clarification from our leader who was entrusted with such humongous funds for the people of the district”.
While giving him two weeks to make clarifications on how “he spent the money or face the various anti-graft agencies for probe” they admonished other leaders who have been entrusted with leadership positions in the state to be accountable at all times.”
It would be recalled that Adamu, was the former senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District, in the upper chamber of the National Assembly before he was elected as National Chairman of APC.
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