Zamfara PDP chieftain challenges Matawalle on infrastructural projects, security

Mr Aminu Umar, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State, has challenged Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle to name one capital project he has completed in his nearly three-year tenure.

Aminu Umar, the embattled Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau’s principal private secretary, challenged the governor while speaking to reporters in Gusau, the state capital.

He claimed that things were not going well in the state and that the Governor had chosen to enrich himself rather than carry out development projects.

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He claimed that since taking office, the Governor has failed to complete any meaningful projects and has continued to cause confusion in a state that has been severely traumatized by terrorism.
Umar claimed that Matawallen could not take care of the Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) in the state, saying “these IDPs are now roaming the streets begging for food to eat while the Governor is claiming that he has constructed standard IDPs camps across the state” he said.

“Apart from the IDPs problem, there are other critical challenges bedevilling the entire state”

Umar also accused Governor Matawalle of crippling all the sectors in the state, saying that in the education sector, the Governor has refused to settle examination fees for WAEC and NECO students putting the teeming youths in uncertainty, jeopardizing their future.

He challenged the Governor to explain how he spent the sum of N31 billion naira security vote he collected in 31 months.

Mr Umar insisted that the Governor needed to give a detailed explanation on how he utilized the huge amount of money he received as security vote, cash allocation to his office, office of his principal private secretary and that of the Government House in 31 months.

The PDP Chieftain claimed that in 31 months of Matawalle’s administration he collected six hundred million naira (N600,000,000.00) as ‘security vote’ monthly, saying that he spends three hundred and fifty million naira as ‘cash allocation’ for his office, thirty million naira for the office of his PPS and thirty million naira as cash allocation to the Government House.

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He said ”the total amount comes to one billion and ten million naira monthly, if multiplied by 31 months it will be equal to thirty-one billion, three hundred and ten million naira, (N31,310,000,000) he alleged.