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APC alleges NNPP planning to use local council funds for election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) planned to use funds diverted from local councils for next month’s election in the state.
The state government will conduct an election into the 44 local government areas in the state on October 26.
The APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, made the allegation in a statement on Thursday in Kano.
Abbas alleged that the state government is perfecting plans to finance candidates it selected to participate in the election through funds meant for the local councils.
He urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to thwart the plot.
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The chairman said it had become important for the anti-crime agencies to closely monitor the state’s ministry for local government affairs financial transactions.
He said: “The ministry for local government wants to use the Directors Personnel Management (DPMs) who are civil servants and accounting officers to allegedly use public funds to finance the election machine.
“The EFCC and ICPC should carry out a forensic audit of the 44 local government councils in Kano state in a bid to determine whether the funds have been tampered with.”
Abbas also urged the anti-graft agencies to invite the dissolved caretaker chairmen and to show the record of their recent expenditure.
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