have again resisted attempts to commence the deduction of $418 million Paris Club refund allegedly owed four contractors from the federation account.
An approval of President Muhammadu Buhari under the instrumentality of the AGF, Abubakar Malami, and Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, to pay the said sum to the contractors through the issuance of promissory notes, had met stiff resistance from the 36 state governors who approached the court for redress through their Attorneys-General.
“The dismissal of RIOK’S case by the SC also affected the payment of $1,219,440.45 and $215,195.36 to two private lawyers to RIOK, NWAFOR ORIZU and OLAITAN BELLO who are also beneficiaries of Promissory Notes by the DMO,” the letter said. “The funds certainly cannot be accessed through the Federation Account as vigorously pursued by the AGF and HMF. Those contracts as they stand are unconstitutional and unlawful and cannot vest any legal right on any of the contractors. It is immaterial that part of the contract sums has been paid.
“The NGF therefore urges that the AGF and the HMF should not under any guise whatsoever stampede the FEC to take a decision which will not only be patently unconstitutional and illegal but also an affront to the highest court of the land. The rule of law is not only supreme; it is a cardinal principle canvassed by the present administration and should in this particular occasion be strictly obeyed,” the letter said.
Those governors only speak when there is money to share, what is their own self, some of them cannot even assistance Federal Government to fight insecurities, some cannot pay salaries, some cannot development their state and improve their IGR is just sharing recovered money
Allh. Yabewa. Kasarmu. Xaman. Lpy. Mai dorewa.