BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...
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OLUKOYEDE TO LG CHAIRMEN: "BE ACCOUNTABLE, YOU HAVE NO IMMUNITY FROM INVESTIGATION".(PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Olukoyede to Local Government Chairmen: “Be Accountable, You Have no Immunity from Investigation”

 

 The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC,  Mr. Ola Oluoyede has charged local government Chairmen across the country to take the issue of accountability seriously as they do not have immunity from investigation and prosecution for fraud.

 

He gave the charge in Gombe, Gombe state on Wednesday, February 19, 2025  while speaking at the Gombe State Local Government Summit. He pointedly told the local council Chairs to be prudent in the management of huge resources at their disposal stressing that  “Local government chairmen do not have immunity and we are not going to wait until you finish your tenure to come after you”.

 

 The EFCC’s boss decried the stagnation, poverty and deprivation rampant in rural areas across the country in spite of enormous resources that have been deployed to those places over the years. "The impact of these resources are not felt by the people living in these areas. Councils instead of becoming catalysts of growth, have become caricatures existing only in name”, he said.

 

 To ensure prudent management of resources and accountable stewardship,  he recommended to the Chairmen the need to establish a compliance unit to assist them in monitoring the use of resources and the delivery of projects. He informed them  that the Commission has established a Fraud Risk Assessment and Control ,FRAC,  Department, adding that officers of the Department will be visiting local government  councils in Gombe state to monitor the use of the expected enhanced receipts from the Federation account. "EFCC will be paying you visits occasionally to monitor how you are using the funds. We will come in the evening. Sometimes you may even be seeing us in your dreams, " he said

 

The EFCC boss commended the Gombe State Governor Alhaji Muhammad  Inuwa  for his shared prosperity vision with council leaderships. "If most governors are like you, I will have less work to do."

 

In his own  contribution,  the Chairman of ICPC Musa Adamu Aliyu expressed dismay that only seven out of  the 774 local government councils in Nigeria have websites, which makes it difficult to monitor their expenditures. 

In his opening remarks,  Governor Inuwa said the Summit was designed to improve the capacity of the Local Government administration in the state to meet the expectation of the people in the light of the new autonomy granted the council. "For autonomy to be beneficial and useful, the councils must have capacity and discipline to utilize their resources for the good of the people." 


He noted that Gombe State was not caught unaware  by the Supreme Court ruling as it had already granted financial autonomy to the 11 councils in the state.

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