Adhoc Task Force constituted by the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang about a fortnight ago to identify, located and recover government property alleged to have been illegally auctioned, boarded or possessed has set machinery in motion to commence the verification of the mentioned property.
The committee chaired by a former Permanent Secretary in the State, Nde Isaac Wadak made this known during a press briefing which held in Jos, the Plateau State Capital yesterday.
He said the Task Force has interfaced with various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the State and have received details of all landed property, equipment, moveable and immoveable assets, including vehicles and machinery which will help significantly help it.
Nde Wadak hinted that valuable information where also received from patriotic citizens about individuals who are in custody of government property illegally which they have converted into personal uses.
He disclosed that information received so far indicated illegal allocations of government lands and buildings in some local government areas in the State, especially Jos North and Jos South, saying the property were either not properly documented or were illegally allocated or sold.
According to him, the Task Force was also furnished with a comprehensive list of vehicles purchased by government in the last eight years with their status and whereabouts of same clearly captured including the procedure guiding boarding of vehicles and the category of officers qualified to be allocated vehicles at the end of their tenure.
He hinted that beneficiaries of such are clearly spelt out and reflected through the State Executive Council resolution of 14th June, 2018 and that has not changed in anyway and will be strictly complied with.
He said the Task Force has put all strategies on ground to get into the verification phase of its six-week assignment which will involve locations and persons where information were so far received.
He stressed that the phase is aimed at authenticating the viability of all information received and to execute recovery where necessary in line with its mandate.
He called on those on possession of allocated, boarded or auctioned Government Property to furnish the task force with evidence and advised those with property at various stages of development to stop until the completion of the exercise.
The Chairman of the Ad-hoc committee assured the general public that the exercise is not in anyway aimed at witch-hunting anyone, but is imperative to safeguard the collective patrimony of Plateau people and should therefore discountenance any information that not emanating from the Task Force.
He appreciated the cooperation the Task Force has received from the general public and commended them for demonstrating true patriotism for the common good of the State by freely furnishing the Task Force with useful information that will assist it in achieving its mandate.
