The Media Adviser to Bauchi state governor, Yakubu Mohammed has explained how the state government spent the N8,609,100,000.00 bailout fund given by the Federal Government, purposely for the payment of accumulated salaries of civil servants.
In a statement on Saturday, Yakubu Mohammed said that out of the total amount received from the federal government, 8,521,100,000.00 was used to off-set backlogs of salaries, adding that the process of paying salaries was started by Governor Abubakar even before the idea of bail-outs to states was conceived.
Debunking what he called insinuation by rumour mongers that Governor Mohammed Abubakar squandered the money, the spokesman insisted that the bailout fund was use for the purpose for which it was released.
He said that it is not true that a Presidential investigative team was in the state to verify the alleged misappropriation of the funds by the state government, saying: “t his is false and a move designed by mischief makers to bring the administration of Governor Abubakar into disrepute.”
Yakubu Mohammed commended the efforts of the governor in ridding the state of corruption, especially in the civil service.
This was even as he said: “what is happening is a subtle blackmail by some powerful individuals in the state who are not comfortable with the ongoing staff verification and a fight to stop corruption in government to paint the administration of Governor Abubakar in bad light.
“There is no blackmail or intimidation from any quarter that will derail the good governance policy of the present administration from delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Bauchi State.” [myad]
