Politics

Zamfara lawmakers are selfish, Gov. Yari declares

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8 years ago

July 23, 2016

The embattled governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has declared that the impeachment process initiated against him by members of the state House of Assembly is selfish and bot for good of the state.

The governor, who stated this in Gusau, the state capital while fielding questions from journalists, accused the lawmakers of being selfish and personal in their quest to oust him.

“There has never been any bill brought to me by the House of Assembly that l did not assent to nor have l ever spent money without their approval,” the governor said, adding that the lawmakers’ claim that he had refused to see them to discuss matters of public interest was untrue.

Yari, while accusing the lawmakers of not following the right channel in their effort to see him, said further: “This failure of the legislators to follow the right channel led to the people of the state to suspect that the lawmakers were planning evil.”

He also insisted that he has always had a cordial working relationship with the lawmakers.

“As members of the same political party, we have always discussed the problems and prospects of our party and proffered solutions.

“At the moment, the only challenge we have is that of security, which we are now adequately addressing with help from the Federal Government,” he said.

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