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OPINION: Suspension of Kano Anti-graft Agency Chairman, Pro-Corruption or Anticorruption?

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The reason stated by Kano state House of Assembly over the suspension of the Chairman of Kano Anti-Graft Agency is totally a decoy away from the actual reason for his removal, which justify the saying that they are nothing but a mere ‘Robber Stamp’ or tools used by the government to harass everyone who posed a threat to it selfish and anti-people’s policies.

What was expected from the state House of Assembly is that when the Anti-Graft Chairman Rejected the posting from the Accountant General’s office. All what is required by the state House of Assembly in all sense of fairness, was to summon the Anti-Graft Chairman and questioned him over his reason or laws backing his rejection of the personnel sent to his commission.

The state house of Assembly is in better position to know that every person within the discipline of accountancy/ working experience and a bachelor holder of accounting can be appointed as an accountant, especially one who serve on the chair for over a period of 6 years without any hitch in the commission, even though the state head of service can transfer or deploy a personnel from all public offices to another, and not the accountant general of the state, the state house of assembly alleged that the account of the commission was a level 4 personnel, while in actual sense, he is a graduate who is assumed to be in level 8.

We need at this stage, to ask since inception of the commission, has the accountant general of the state ever deployed any accountant to the commission?

In view of the current desperation by the state house of assembly to justify the illegalities perpetrated, we call on the state house of assembly to:

i. As a matter of fair hearing call the Anti-graft agency chairman and hear his own side of the story before their judgment;
ii. Refer to the laws established to guide the conduct and operation of the commission, which provide how the personnel of the commission should be appointed, including the chairman in person;
iii. Consider that mere rejection of the accountant sent by the accountant general is not enough to suspend the anti-graft chairman, without referring to the laws that established the commission;
iv. Operate as the law states with regard to the function of legislature, of being independence, fair, and devoid of doing the bidding of the executive in favour of the people from their respective constituencies.
v. We believe that the removal of the chairman was based on his non-compromise to corrupt practices alleged to be involving the first family, either he be called for fair hearing or the world sees the house as nothing but a mere rubber stamp or tools.
vi. Let the state house of assembly play their roles as state legislature independent of state executive or history would never be kind to them.
Written by Comrade Ibrahim Ali
Can be reached via [email protected]
Disclaimer: The Views and Opinions expressed in this write up are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent official policy of Daily News 24 or its staff.

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