The Governor of Adamawa State Murtala Hammanyero Nyako has committed acts of gross misconduct in the performance of his duties as Governor of Adamawa State which led to his impeachment by the House of Assembly: BUT my questions are: A. Why did the house wait this long to indict him of misconduct of one year and above? B. Is it permissible for the leader of a corrupt house to impeach and then rule? C. Who made Bala Ngilari to resign since he is not indicted by the HOUSE? The allegations which led to the impeachment of Governor Nyako by the Adamawa State House of Assembly: 1. Fraudulent diversion of N1.3Billion Adamawa State workers salary for September and October 2011. 2. Illegal deduction and diversion of the sum of N142Million emoluments of Adamawa State workers in May 2014. 3. Diversion of N120Million public funds to sponsor fictitious visit of General Mohammad Buhari to Adamawa State to commiserate with victims of insurgency in Madagali and Michika Local Government Area. 4. Extra budgetary expenditure of N1,740,785,246 on fictitious Special Assistants and another N166,230,536.88 on personal Assistants in 2013. 5. Fraudulent award of contract of over N8Billion through SNECOU Group of Companies Ltd, a company linked to one of the governors wife, to siphon public funds without delivering any service to the people of Adamawa State. 6. Corrupt siphoning of the sum of N300Million public funds through a company, Hydro Resource Ltd in the name of construction of Mubi bypass without Mobilizing to site or any construction one carried out long after collecting N300Million from Adamawa State funds. 7. Gross violation of the oath of office by outrageous patronage and dominance of family and friends in the discharge of government business such as found in MDGs office, the SPPU and the Ministry of Health. 8. Gross violation of section 120 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 {as amended}, and gross misappropriation and diversion of internally generated revenue for personal use to the detriment of the people of Adamawa State. 9. Squandering the sum of N4,805,216,538.32 and N7,114,995.85 in 2012 and 2013 respectively, through the office of the Secretary to the State Government against budgetary approvals, and not in the interest of the people of Adamawa state. 10. Expenditures of exorbitants sum of N2.5Billion as other miscellaneous expenses through the internal affairs and Special Services Department. 11. Extra budgetary procurement of fertilizer and diversion of proceeds from sale of fertilizer from 2007 till date. 12. The MDGs office in Adamawa State is managed by Governor Nyakos close relations and have squandered N220Million and N786,457,644.94 unbudgeted state funds in 2013 for the implementation of MDGs programs in the state. 13. Diversion of over N400Million out of N500Million Federal Government intervention fund for flood victims in Adamawa State in 2011. 14. Diversion of government funds through the illegal importation of hospital equipments to the tune of N156Million while the state still owes the contractor: and illegal acquisition of containerized mobile workshop for vocational training centers. 15. Corrupt and extra budgetary award of contracts for the construction of Army barrack~Mayo Belwa Road, Pella~Maiha Road, Gombi~Gaada Road, Rumde~Yolde Pate Road, construction of Mubi by pass contrary to section 120{2}{3} and {4} of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. 16. Squandering of N1Billion Adamawa State scholarship fund. 17. Shoddy conception and operation of the Adamawa German Hospital, managed by a close relation to Governor Nyako. 18. Reckless expenditure of public funds contrary to section 121 sub section 4 a and b of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. 19. Abuse of office and violation of Adamawa State Law by appointing his wife Dr. Halima H. Nyako as the Chairman Adamawa State Action Committee on Aids {SACA} contrary to the SACA Law. His government is popularly nicknamed government of “family and friends”. 20. Overbearing strangulation of the Local Government Areas and extortion of Local Government funds in the name of joint projects and security challenges in Mubi and other parts of Adamawa. This leaves many Local Government Areas with nothing to pay workers entitlements. The governor is also known to consistently contravened Section 168 {60 and 8} of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:27:19 +0000
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