Kano State House of Assembly has today in its plenary session received a report of the House Adhoc Committee on the investigation of a petition received by the House from the office of the Accountant General of the State against Muhuyi Magaji
The Adhoc Committee Chairman Umar Musa Gama presented the report before the House deliberated, and agreed on the recommendation of the Committee.
Among the recommendation as Stated by the Majority Leader Labaran Abdul Madari in a chat with journalists after the sitting includes;
That the House should recommend the immediate removal of Muhuyi Magaji by the State Government as the suspended Chairman of the Public Complain and Anti Corruption Commission as provided by Section 6 of the Anti Corruption Law 2010 as amended which provides that,
“The Chairman or any other member of the Commission appointed under this Law may at any time be removed from office by the Governor acting upon a resolution supported by a simple majority of the members of the State House of Assembly, praying that he be removed from office for inability to discharge effectively the functions of his office or for any other reason.”
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The Committee further recommends the arrest, investigation, and prosecution of Muhuyi Magaji for the offenses of forgery and presenting false information to public office under sections 262,363,364 and 161 of the penal code of Kano State as amended.
Similarly, the Committee recommends that the said Accountant staff on grade level 04 should be dealt with in accordance with Kano State Civil Service rules whereas the rejected Chief Accountant by the suspended Chairman should be directed to take over the affairs of the Account Department of the Commission.
In a statement by Uba Abdullahi, the House Chief Press Secretary said an Adhoc Committee under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Zubairu Hamza Massu to investigate the financial dealings of the Commission from 2015 to date and to submit the report within three months.
