A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara, Aminu Game-game has challenged the state governor, Bello Mohammed to explain how he spent N31 billion he collected for 31 months as security vote.
Game-Game, a Principal Private Secretary To Zamfara State Deputy Governor in a statement on Friday, alleged that the governor received monies in form of security vote, cash allocation to his office and the office of his principal Private Secretary as well as that of the government house in 31 months.
According to him, all is not well in the state because the governor had shied away from executing developmental projects for the benefit of all in the state.
Game-game gave the breakdown of monies allegedly received by Governor Mohammed to include N600 million as monthly ‘security vote’; N350 million as ‘cash allocation’ for his office; N30 million for the office his Principal Private Secretary and N30 million as cash allocation for government house, which he said amounts to N1.10 billion monthly, adding that if multiplied by 31 months, the total amount the governor received will be N31,310,000,000.
The private secretary further claimed that the governor had not executed meaningful project and is not taking care of the helpless Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Game-Game accused Mohammed of crippling all sectors, including the educational sector where “the governor refused to settle examination fees for WAEC, NECO and others thereby putting the teeming youths to uncertain life ambitions.”
He also challenged the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Nasiru Magarya to account for the N60 million monthly cash allocation for nine months, amounting to N1.744 billion.
Game-game alleged that the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu received N30 million monthly, amounting to N570 million for 19 months before the governor stopped cash allocations to the Deputy Governor’s office.
According to him, Aliyu the money was used to sponsor 300 students to study in Zamfara Collage of Arts and Science (ZACAS) and 200 students to Collage of Education Maru.
Others were, 100 students to Collage of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe and 28 students to Al Bidayatul Jameelah, Kaduna.
Aliyu also sponsored 10 students to study in Ghana; 23 in Niger Republic and seven in Togo, among others.