KWARA : Alleged Diversion of LGA Funds What Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is not doing Right - Amb. S A Lukman

15th July, 2020 

Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq

His Excellency,

Mallam AbdulRasak AbdulRahman

The Executive Governor,

Kwara State.

MY GOVERNOR! YOUR GOVERNOR!! OUR GOVERNOR!!! 

ALLEDGE DIVERSION OF N320M MONTLTH FROM MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ; WHAT YOU ARE NOT DOING RIGHT.

Your excellency sir, I bring you warm greeting from the stable of Concern Indegens of our dear state of harmony who so wish and mean well for your administration to actualize kwara of our dream.

Beyond political party affiliation, my like believed politics ends immediately after election or on some cases immediate after tribunal, appeal and supreme Court pronouncement on valid winner of each election so Governance is of all collective input, support and solidarity. I mentioned this to establish my philosophy as well Redirect your mind set from any form of misconception of my note's content on the anals of usual opposition criticism.

It was hilarious, disappointing and shocking, the breaking news of two female Honorable commissioners (Finance and Former Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs) exchange of blow over alledge fund diversion in ministry of local government affairs some weeks back, while members of the public are yet to solve the puzzle, your excellency announced minor cabinet resulfle which has the former Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftancy affairs redeployed to Ministry of Special duties, Kwarans are yet to hold cogent ratification for this sudden redeployment there comes the purported alledge resignation and stage of walk away by the redeployed commissioner of special duties from your administration and presence respectively. All these remain rumor until you announced official invitation of Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC, setup of panel of Enquiry and Open Call for Public Hearing on the same matter (Alledged N320m LG fund Monthly Divertion) by State House of Assembly.

Your excellency sir, I must tell you what you are not doing right in this matter, a government with zero tolerance for corruption is not known by words but action, in as much as all suspect remain innocent before law until proven by court of competent jurisdiction, I finger your insincerity to this matter at hand following the approach you adopted to treat this heavy alledge corruption act under your administration in just 13months. This pose great concern that in 4 years or probably 8 years or 16 years, kwara may not be existing again considering this spray of looting and mismanagement of state treasury reported in just 13 months of your take over. 

Its still fresh in our memory the speed of light and hurried announcements and pronouncement of 6 months suspension for all democratically elected Local Government Chairmen and their Legislative members (councilors) following a petition by one individual from one local government to the house of Assembly which secured house attention, deliberation and resolution passed all with 48 hours which your excellency used as yardstick to pocket the local government authority in the state by suspending all 16 LG Chairmen and councilors till date.

Every intelligent, concern and concious citizens of kwarans now wonder why no one is yet to be suspended now even when the alledge fund diversion is within the appointed officials, he who come to equity they said must come with clean hands, except you want to justify the ealier insinuation from some quarters that the twerting of LG Chairmen and councilors tenure were deliberate act, calculated attempt and Political move to corner local government fund for state uses and narrow people's hope to only state government as means to sole control of political atmosphere in the state, an action which portrayed your leadership an anti Local Government Authonony till this moment.

It is more like child play, charade and mimicking when you suddenly announced official invitations of EFCC, setup of panel of inquiry and open call for public hearing by state assembly while all the suspected principal actors of the alledged fraud still occupy their respective offices.

Even the EFCC had her Ag. chairman suspended for alledge corruption and sharp practice while investigation is ongoing. 

Sir, is either you are not sincere to kwarans or to your administration zero tolerance for corruption as you preach while you only used local government chairmen suspension as cover up to wickedly truncated their freely given by people's Mandates which label you undemocratic or you are culprit in this mess. 

Either Commisioner of finance nor Commisioner of special duties who was as at then when the alledged fraud was committed the Commisioner of Local Government and Chieftancy affairs should still be in your cabinet until the investigation is concluded to establish their culpability and innocence accordingly.

Your excellency, I must advice you switch from the use of EFCC to unravel corruption cases in kwara for now if you want to be taking serious in all honestly sir, the ongoing investigation and revelation so far in public about EFCC visa viz her Ag. Chairman involvement in mother of all fraud in the history of Nigeria (Relooting The Recover Loots) has dent the image and integrity of the agency couple with one of your political party seating Honorable member in state House of Assembly who revealed on radio program that they connived with EFCC to rope and allinate former senate President Sen Bukola Saraki reputation and personality with corruption cases have erroded off the confidence of Nigerian and many kwarans in EFCC as supposed Anti Graft Agency. In fact many regards them as tools in the hand of seating Goverment to persecute opposition and persive enemies of Government. 

I will implore you switch base to ICPC, they are good alternative pending when Magu investigation lasted when normalcy returns to EFCC. Beside ICPC have been so consistent in her activites more recently in fact seeing the manner they are handling your commissioner of education's husbands alledge fraud case which involved Billions of Naira (Pinancle Digital Switch Contract scam) sound impressing and heart warming.

Until you suspend the suspects to give room for thorough investigation into the matter before hand, thing you are not doing right remains and they are evidence of your culpability in the matter and further deliberate deception of Kwarans beyound election/campaign failing promises.

Please accept my high regards.

Yours faithfully,

Salahudeen A Lukman

Concern Citizen/Spokes Person

Nigerian Citizen Action Group 

Offa LG Area Kwara State 

Salahudeenalukman@yahoo.com