Ahmadu Fintiri, the Governor-elect of Adamawa, says he is ready to step on toes to address injustice by Governor Jibrilla Bindow’s outgoing administration against the people of the state.
Mr Fintiri made this known in Yola on Saturday when he received a report from a Transition Committee of 67 Member States.
He said the committee’s findings revealed lots of breaches and mismanagement of government funds that had to be investigated.
“We’re going to rise up and face the challenges boldly, fully aware we’ve been voted to fix them. We’re not going to turn a blind eye to law breaches, fund mismanagement, or privilege abuse.”
“Adamawa State, our only home was battered and bruised, but I’m optimistic it’s going to heal.”
“Let me reiterate our people’s call to join hands in the task of remedying past ills. We will not hesitate in doing so to step on toes where the public interest has been compromised.”
“As a corrective government popularly elected by the people, in the interest and advancement of public good, we will not hesitate to step on toes,” said Mr Fintiri.
While lamenting that the outgoing administration received about a federal allocation of N332 billion with nothing much to show, Mr Fintiri said his administration would look into the report in detail with the aim of implementing its outstanding recommendations.
Presenting the report earlier, committee chairman Aliyu Ismaila said the outgoing administration had messed up the state in different sectors and left a N115 billion debt.
“It is disheartening to note that the outgoing government has always taken over-draft from the outset in order to increase salary payments, while the revenue generated internally was collected but not applied judiciously in the interest of the state’s tax payers.”
“While the government also failed to create state-owned businesses and even resort to selling state-owned assets in corporate organizations just to serve personal interest,” he said.
Mr Ismaila said the committee discovered that some of the land sold by the outgoing administration included school land and a 1948 historic German cemetery.
