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Jubril Aminu condemns governors’ unrestricted access to public funds

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Jubril Aminu condemns governors’ unrestricted access to public funds

Former Petroleum Minister, Jibril Aminu, Saturday lamented what he described as state governors’ unlimited access to spending of public funds.

Speaking at the 3rd edition of Adamawa Community Dialogue, organised by an NGO, Adamawa Community Advancement Initiative (ACAI) in Yola, Professor Aminu said that a situation where a governor could collect and spend state resources at will without recourse to due process should be checked if the country must progress.

“A governor sends for the Accountant-General, who very often is his best friend, maybe his cousin to bring money,” he said.

Aminu said he had had cause in the past to comment on the excesses of governors, who he said, hijacked council funds and even attempted to control the federal government through the governors’ forum.

The former senator and PDP chieftain lauded ACAI for its effort to promote unity and good governance in Adamawa.

He urged the organisation not to relent in its efforts to ensure that the state and nation’s resources were judiciously utilised for the benefit of the people. He also condemned politics of sentiments, saying that those promoting such sentiments use it as screen to cover up their failure.

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