From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The Chairman, Adhoc Committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate financial dealings that have to do with loans and contractual obligations by the Kaduna State Government from May 29, 2015, to May 29, 2023, Henry Danjuma, has said the committee might receive multiple testimonies from those invited to appear before it.
The committee chairman noted that some testimonies succeeded in indicting persons not originally lined up for invitation. He promised that such persons will be invited to appear before the committee based on the indictment.
The Committee was inaugurated recently by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate financial dealings of the eight-year administration of the former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, following an outcry by the incumbent Governor Uba Sani over his inability to pay salaries and complete contracts because of inherited huge debts.
Mr. Danjuma said the committee swung into action as soon as it was inaugurated, adding that some key persons had been invited and interviewed by the committee, and got testimonies from them which may lead to other testimonies after further investigation.
Answering questions from newsmen after the sitting, which dovetailed into the night on Monday, the committee chairman said all testimonies would be analysed before the final report.
“We have not reached any conclusion yet. Don’t worry. By the time we are done, we will invite the press to the final report.
“The job of the committee is to investigate financial dealings that have to do with loans, contractual obligations, and so on and so forth, to unravel whether there was any misdemeanour.
“The number of persons we are expecting to invite are not exhaustive. Depending on the evidence we get from those before us, there might be people that may be invited on the basis of the testimonies that we are receiving from those that have been invited. So, I cannot say this is the particular number that we are envisaging,” Danjuma said.
Daily Sun gathered that those invited so far included former Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, Thomas Gyang; former commissioner for Education, Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani; former Agric commissioner, Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari; Commissioner/administrator Zaria Metropolitan Authority, Balarabe Aliyu; former managing director of Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), Mohammed Lawal Magaji; and Administrator, Kafanchan Metropolitan Authority, Phoebe Yayi Sukai, among others.