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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"6gxr3knT" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Abdulkadir Aliyu Shehu<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Td4reD8N" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Anti-corruption Agencies have been urged to keep watch on financial transactions of outgoing governors&comma; who have less than one year in office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comrade Kabiru Sa’idu Dakata Executive Director of the Center for Awareness on Justice and Accountability &lpar;CAJA&rpar;&comma; made the call during a current affairs programme&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Tumbin Giwa’ aired on Progress Radio and Television Gombe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the Anti-graft agencies should continue monitoring activities of the outgoing governors&comma; to prevent them from taking loans to award unnecessary contracts&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Gg8D2xEe" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;20&sol;running-mate-controversy-a-place-holder-can-only-be-substituted-through-court-affidavit-inec&sol;">Running Mate Controversy&colon; A Place Holder Can Only Be Substituted Through Court Affidavit-INEC<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Dakata added that the anti-graft agencies should keep watch on the recent approval granted to the Kano State Government&comma; to borrow N10 billion to procure CCTV cameras&comma; saying it is not the priority of people of the state at the moment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the state government had claimed to have installed a giant monitoring screen in Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s office&comma; from where he is monitoring activities throughout the state via CCTV cameras mounted in strategic locations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When he asked on what role the Civil Society Organisations &lpar;CSOs&rpar; should play to stop the governors from this unnecessary loans&comma; Dakata said they are approaching the government to explain to them the implication of taking such loans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said they will try to make the government understand that&comma; spending such huge amount of money on such projects&comma; is counterproductive and not the priority of people of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kabiru Dakata if the government refused to listen to them&comma; the CSOs will sue them before court of law&comma; similar to what CAJA did against the Kano state government when they planned to borrow N400 billion &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the hasty approval of the loan by the state House of Assembly&comma; the CAJA executive director&comma; alleged that the state government might have bribe the legislators&comma; to guarantee quick passage of the loan request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dakata added that it was not the first time&comma; that the state assemblies were accused of collecting bribe from the governors before approving any communication from the governors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comrade Dakata&comma; therefore&comma; urged the people to participate in governance by monitoring all the activities of their respective state governors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also called for joining hands with civil society groups&comma; to stop the outgoing governors from unnecessary spending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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