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Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday disclosed that the former Governor of the state,Ramalan Yero left N228million not N8billion in the state treasury.
According to VANGUARD, addressing a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, Governor El- Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan said, ''The Kaduna State Government had N228,333,371.67 in its central account on May 29, 2015. This represents the working capital that could be spent.
''All other items in the bank balance are committed funds, and are not available to be spent by government. These include counterpart and reserve funds clearly earmarked for specific purposes such as Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Subsidy Re-investment Empowerment Programme SURE-P and State Pensions, and as such cannot be termed available funds by any responsible government.
Former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga, who served under Yero, had last week claimed at a function, that Yero had left N8 billion in the state's treasury.
According to VANGUARD, addressing a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, Governor El- Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan said, ''The Kaduna State Government had N228,333,371.67 in its central account on May 29, 2015. This represents the working capital that could be spent.
''All other items in the bank balance are committed funds, and are not available to be spent by government. These include counterpart and reserve funds clearly earmarked for specific purposes such as Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Subsidy Re-investment Empowerment Programme SURE-P and State Pensions, and as such cannot be termed available funds by any responsible government.
Former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga, who served under Yero, had last week claimed at a function, that Yero had left N8 billion in the state's treasury.
