The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has asked Governor Abdullahi Sule to relieve the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Aliyu Ahmed-Tijani, of his appointment.
The lawmakers said the SSG should be sacked over his alleged failure to account for N284. 5m school projects fund when he was a Commissioner for Education during the tenure of the immediate past governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, in the state.
The Speaker of the House, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, gave the directive on Tuesday in Lafia shortly after the house deliberated on the report of an Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged N1 billion released in 2018 for the renovation/fencing of Secondary schools across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.
Daybreak reports that this followed a motion moved by Mr. Mohammed Alkali (APC Lafia North about 11:30am, which was seconded by Mr. Ibrahim Muluku APC Nasarawa Eggon East) at 11:35am.
The speaker also asked Mr. Ahmed-Tijani to refund over N248.5 million to the state government.
He said, “Based on the resolution reached by the lawmakers of the House, Governor Abdullahi Sule should relieve the SSG, Mr. Aliyu Ahmed Tijani of his appointment.
“I will request the clerk to communicate the House’s resolution to Governor Abdullahi Sule for his immediate action.”
He, however, asked Sule to work on the House’s resolution in the interest of peace and development.
He also gave a month ultimatum to contractors, who collected money and refused to carry out the renovation/fencing, to do so within one month
