Corruption; Ex-gov of Kaduna State, Yero spent N4.1bn on sweets, juice, training in 2014 – Commissioner

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mohammed Abdullahi, said the immediate past government of Mukhtar Yero spent over N2.1bn on sweets, juice and chocolates to entertain visitors in 2014 alone

He added that the ex-governor’s administration wasted another N2bn on training and retraining of workers who did not need such training.

For instance, the commissioner said, an accountant was given a training meant for an architect during the Peoples Democratic Party administration under Yero in the state.

He noted that, though the Nasir el-Rufai government valued training, it was concerned about real training in line with workers’ area of need.

Abdullahi added that the Yero government spent over N40m monthly on chicken and rice for the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna during the period.

The commissioner said this at a roundtable on the 2017 draft budget organised by the Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, in the state capital on Saturday. He noted that the el-Rufai’s administration had to jettison such a wasteful budget system of the last government.

Abdullahi noted that over N.6m was used monthly to buy newspapers without the actual copies being on ground for verification and accountability.

When contacted to react to the allegation, Yero said he would not respond to an allegation “from a bloody commissioner.”

He added that he would not respond to any allegation emanating from the current All Progressives Congress administration in the state.

Corruption; Ex-gov of Kaduna State, Yero spent N4.1bn on sweets, juice, training in 2014 – Commissioner