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Letter To President Muhammad Buhari On Stamp Duty-CSO’s

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President Muhammad Buhari

Letter To President Muhammad Buhari On Stamp Duty
8th Jan. 2023

His Excellency,

Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,

President,

Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

Abuja,

Sir,

WE BESEECH YOU TO MAKE A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO THE NIGERIAN CITIZENS ON THE STATUS OF THE ALLEGED UNDERCOVER COMMITTEE SET UP TO INVESTIGATE AND RECOVER THE ACCUMULATED STAMP DUTY MONEY AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY

The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks is a forum of states based civil society networks operating in the Nineteen Northern states of Nigeria and Abuja.

Your Excellency, we wish you a happy new year and accept our congratulations on the signing into law, the 2023 appropriation bill, an exercise which happened to be the last of such national rituals you would be obliging the Nigerian citizens.

Sir, we wish to bring to your attention, the trending issue in Nigeria regarding a committee supposedly set up covertly under your able hands to investigate an alleged stamp duty fraud worth N89 Trillion. We, as members of Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks, operating in the nineteen northern states and FCT, and other Nigerians are worried about the purported humongous sums of money said to have been manipulated by some few individuals, while we continuously pass and sign into law appropriation bills with huge deficits, and whose implementation largely depends on borrowings. We feel uneasy on the increasing Nigerian debt profile, and wonder how our nation, shall magically plan to survive with these humongous deficits in our annual national budgets.

Sir, Hon. Muhammad  Gudaji Kazaure, a member of the National Assembly representing the people of Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi Federal Constituency in Jigawa State, had on several platforms claimed  that, you had set up an undercover presidential  committee,  headed by one Mr. Adetola Adekoya to investigate the long accumulated stamp duty revenues.

In our humble opinion, It will be a major disservice to the nation, if you as the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, continue to remain silent on this sensitive national issue, which has not only captured the attention of all Nigerians, but also the international communities.  The magnitude of the most recently trending issue deserves nothing less than a live national broadcast to address Nigerians on the status of the said committee and the humongous sums of money said to have been stashed in some Nigerian commercial banks

Your Excellency, one of the most painful and derogatory remarks in the entire hullabaloo is that “Nigeria is a country where Government borrows Government money and pays interest to cabals” This assertion is not only too sensitive to capture your attention, but also the glaring desire to clear the air and vindicate the reputation of your administration, as some Government officials were fingered in the alleged mess, as well as to save the integrity of our dear country, which is currently at stake.

Signed:

 

1. Amb. Ibrahim A. Waiya – President, Kano Civil Society Forum, Kano State

2. Amb. Ibrahim Yusuf – Chairman, Association of NGOs, Gombe State

3. Amb. Idris Ozovehe Muraina – Chairperson, Kogi NGOs Network (KONGONET), Kogi State

4. Aminu Mullam  –  Secretary General, Network of Adamawa Non – Governmental Organizations (NANGO), Adamawa State

5. Jinjiri J. Garba – Executive Director/State Chairman, Bauchi State Network of Civil Society Organizations (BASNEC)

6. Mrs. Shimenenge Kyaagba,   for: Benue Network of NGOs (BENGONET), Benue State

7. Comrade Bulama Abiso – Executive Director, Network of Civil Society Organizations Borno. Borno State

8. Muhammad Musbahu Basrika – Chairman, Network of Civil Society organizations, Jigawa State

9. Emmanuel Bonet – Chairman, Concerned civil society, Kaduna State

10. Abdulrahman Abdullahi – Chairman, Coalition of Civil Society organizations, Katsina State

11. Hon. (Dr) Usman Buhari Ali – Chairman, Coalition of NGOs in Kebbi State State (CONKS)

12. Ade Bodunde – Chairman, Kwara Forum of CSOs, Kwara State

13. Mr. Solomon Yakubu Enjola – Chairman, Nassarawa NGO Network (NANGONET), Nassarawa State 14. Habila Muhammad Kudu – Coordinator, NGOs Forum Niger State

15. Gad Peter – Rep. Coalition of NGOs Plateau State

16. Ibrahim Abdullahi Shuni – Chairman, Coalition of NGOs in Sokoto State

17. Joseph Gimba PhD – Chairman, Coalition for civil society organizations in Taraba State (COCS OTS), 18. Alh. Baba Shehu, Executive Director/Chairman, Network of Yobe Civil Society Organizations

19. Ambassador, Ibrahim Tudu – Chairman, Zamfara Coalition of NGOs (ZASCONS), Zamfara State

20. Aanu Rotimi, Chairperson – Accountability Mechanism – FCT, Abuja.

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

 

Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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President Tinubu Sacks UNIZIK Vice-Chancellor, Registrar

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The governing council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been dissolved by President Bola Tinubu.

The president dissolved the council and approved the removal of the institution’s vice-chancellor Bernard Odoh and the university registrar, Rosemary Nwokike.

A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy said the action by Tinubu follows allegations of procedural violations in the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.

He also said that the council led by Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe and including five other members—Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin was accused of bypassing due process to appoint an unqualified candidate, prompting federal intervention.

Onanuga said, “The sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.

He added that following the controversial appointment, the Federal Government stepped in to address the rivalry between the university’s Senate and the governing council of the institution.

“The government expressed concern over the council’s apparent disregard for the university’s governing laws in its selection process”, Onanuga added.

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