Nasiru Ingawa, Special Adviser to ex-Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State on SURE-P, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Katsina how Shema allegedly directed him to use about N5.7 billion state SURE-P funds for politics during his tenure.
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Illoh is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly stealing N14 million from the defunct Federal Government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.
The sponsor of the motion, Senator Babajide Omoworare, prayed that every naira spent by the past government on SURE-P and other poverty alleviation programmes should be accounted for
Tsav said Agwai must have been relieved losing the job
According to him, Abuja is a city that most people will like to come and see, but most of its satellite areas are not in the best of shapes
He said that roads to be covered in the expenditure were important ones specially identified by the government, adding that some of the projects were ongoing
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the PDP described Olusi’s appointment as appropriate, strategic and a good omen for the success of the party in the state
He explained that the SURE-P committee was responsible for managing, on behalf of the Federal Government, only 41 per cent of funds accruing from the subsidy removal