Former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor
Kalu has accused Nigerian governors of squandering their state funds on
frivolities and personal luxury. Speaking to the State House
Correspondents at the presidential villa in Abuja after a meeting with
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, Orji spoke against the recent demands from
state governors to the FG for more funds, adding that the states had
enough money to enable them carry out their statutory duties optimally.
Kalu
hinted that state governors had a habit of earmarking N35 million for
travel allowance and dipping their hands into the state security vote
for personal use.
In his words;
“I think most of these
governors are doing very well and some of them also are living in the
euphoria of the office.You can see most of them who are very active, I
don’t need to count them for you. The issue of crying for fund,
honestly, in my opinion, these governors have enough fund to work for
their people because if you check, the money drawn as security vote is
excessive. They should stop that.
Unless they stop drawing on
security vote they will not have enough fund to work with and most of
them are living in absolute luxury, which is not their money that they
worked out for. So it is impossible to continue living in this manner.
Most of the governors are even living in Abuja now, they don’t even live
in their states, honestly. If you look at the books very well, in each
trip they make, they will take travel allowance of N35 million, which is
un-heard of.
What are you going to do with that. So, how are we
going to progress. Not all the governors. I have gone through Rivers, I
see that Rivers is hitting the ground. I have gone through Adamawa and I
see Adamawa is hitting the ground. I have gone through few more states,
they are hitting the ground, they are working. I don’t speak with
sentiments. I don’t speak for anybody. You can see those who are working
and those who are not working. Let them sit down and do the job they
are elected for.”
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