Loans: Kaduna APC, NLC Back Assembly Over El-Rufai’s Investigation

The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress as well as the Nigeria Labour Congress, have drum support for the move by the state’s House of Assembly to probe the financial dealings, particularly loans obtained by the administration of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

The Kaduna APC Publicity Secretary, Salisu Wusono, the probe as a welcome development even as the state NLC backed the probe.

The state Assembly had on Tuesday set up a 13-man panel to probe El-Rufai’s administration.

“We have conducted a thorough assessment of our situation and are sharpening our focus accordingly.”

The member representing the Kaura constituency, Yusuf Mugu, moved the motion on the matter of public importance that the loans taken by the immediate past governor be investigated.

The Kaduna APC Publicity Secretary, Wusono, said, “Yes the probe will commence, adding that, “By this committee, we will come to realise the actual situation of things.

“I want to remind all Nigerians that the APC believes in the rule of law and so also Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He is a man who wants to conform with the manifesto of the party, which says that the government should drive its activities from the concept of the governed.

“Whatever we are doing is in the best interest of the good people of Kaduna State. What I believe and can tell Nigerians is that whatever the APC government is doing is in the best interest of the people represented.

“Maybe the past administration spent N20m, while people are saying it is more or less, only the committee can verify and tell the general public the true situation of things.”

The Kaduna NLC Chairman, Ayuba Suleiman, said the labour union would also want the Assembly to probe the unpaid severance packages of the over 32,000 workers sacked by the administration by El-Rufai.

Suleiman said, “We will prefer if the committee shall consider further the denial of payment of redundancy, severance and pensions allowances as provided by Section 20 of the Labour Act of 2004, for the over 32,000 workers sacked by the previous administration.”