A statement by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar El-Sadique said that Abubakar disclosed this at the opening of a two-day sensitization workshop on corruption for public officers organized by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in conjunction with the state government.
The statement said that the appointment of the committee followed the resolve by the present administration in the state to instill accountability and discipline as prerequisites for good governance.
According to the statement, the committee is headed by Alhaji Salihu Lukman, with the mandate “to undertake a forensic audit of all contracts, expenditure and appointments made in all the ministries, departments and agencies from May 2007 to May 2015.”
Abubakar, while addressing the participants, said corruption had eaten deeply into the nation’s socio-economic and political sphere of the country, but promised that he would fight against corruption in public life until sanity was restored.
He said that he had earlier appointed a committee for the recovery of government property illegally carted away by officials of the last administration that runs into millions of Naira.
The governor vowed to fight insecurity that was also retarding development from all facets to ensure that lives and property of the people were protected to pave the way for development in the state.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his determination and commitment towards fighting insurgency in the North East sub-region. [myad]
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