“Jesenage” of LG funds: not Gov. Aliyu we know

Some political jobsters in the folding of the chapter of the Sokoto State of the Democratic Party of people (PDP), apparently, felt they had been calm and without work for too long, and they needed to shake the governor Ahmed Aliyu to convince their payment to Abuja that they are still relevant. It must have been deeply painful for them to look at while the governor of the state of Sokoto continues to fly high doing the work he was elected to do, publishing a superlative record of results and winning prizes after prizes for the implementation of over 180 projects in two years.

To date, Governor Aliyu has been conferred on the governor of the Sun newspaper of the year 2024 and the housing governor.
To heat the policy, distract the governor and to launch their campaign for the 2027 elections, the games collected some journalists in Sokoto and used the opportunity to launch some weak blows to the administration of dr. Aliyu, claiming that local government funds were experienced by the state government without any proof.

It is in the character of the PDP to make wild accusations against the Aliyu administration, hoping that he attacks. The fact is that the previous efforts have failed, discouraging the opposition party from its consummate strategy that people have seen.

The reaction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a chapter of the state of Sokoto, was quick, professional and effective. Rather than wasting its precious time and energy to refute an watery and foundation accusation, not supported by any de facto iota, the president of the state of the APC, Isa Sadiq Acacha, went directly to reveal a compendium of projects, programs and initiatives of the Aliyu administration who have changed the views of the development of Sokoto State. As they say, the facts speak for themselves and for the projects and programs, which touch many lives and all sectors, have cut in all 23 areas of the local government and 87 traditional districts of the state. They are visible and available for verification by anyone who takes care to do it.

This is contrary to the eight-year mandate of Aminu Tambuwal, which everyone in the state of Sokoto agree not only wasted, but has also left the worse state due to enormous liabilities- over n14 billion of pension passivity, over N5 billion of bank loans and the sale of actions that belongs to the state that the former governor cannot represent. Some mischievous politicians believe they have entered the Tambuwal’s failed presidential offer. The presidential campaigns are quite expensive and for the state of Sokoto having sponsored two presidential campaigns, it is not surprising that the state has suffered from lack of development.

As the President of the State of the APC repeatedly affirmed, the “performance record of the governor Aliyu is so superlative and incontrovertible that even a random visitor of the state of Sokoto can attest to the fact that the electorate had made an excellent choice” for his part in front of his opponent in the surveys of 2023. It was therefore better that the president of the party focuses on the ball show In order for people to see and judge on their own, rather than dissipating the energy on the diversion attack of the julles of the PDP.

If the governor Aliyu were, in fact, guilty of “intercepting and mistreating” the allocations of the local government’s advice, the launches of the PDP would not have stopped to impose the accusation, they would have provided solid evidence. As good liars, they could have moved on to mention at least one or two areas of the local government that obtained this and therefore the monthly allocation from the allocation committee of the Federation accounts (FAAC), but the governor has retained thus and so an amount, and issued only this way and so he is equivalent to the councils concerned. Unfortunately, nothing was mentioned to support the accusation against the administration in office.

For the PDP, talking is cheap because it lacks respect for people.

The fact is that dr. Aliyu is not the type of governor who would have seized the local government funds and then would go on to squander it. He proved transparent and responsible. And doing it would be against his reputation as the main governor to support the cause of the autonomy of the local government.

It is known that the state government of Sokoto, under dr. Aliyu had issued a law to correctly position the administrators of the local government elected for an effective delivery of the service, even before July 2024, the judgment of the group of the epic Supreme Court which assigned financial autonomy to the councils of the local government at national level. The law of the local government of Sokoto State 2024 had abolished the custodian committees for local councils and guaranteed the three -year mandate for all elected officials. In support of the executive bill, the Governor Aliyu had fondly argued that the two -year mandate previously in force does not allow a time enough for the elected officials to conceive and successfully carry out significant projects and programs that are beneficial for people on the basis.

The zeal and commitment of the governor Aliyu to enhance the advice of the local government for better performance were understood in the light of his long and rich career in the third level of the government. He had held the role of cashier, auditor and accountant in the local government system, before venturing into partisan politics. Aliyu was deputy director of finance and offer in the area of ​​the local government of Sabon-Bnini from 1996 to 1998; Director of Finance and Offer at the area of ​​the local government of KEBB and in the end he occupied the position of Capo Curable at the Sokoto State Local Government Service Commission. In the state of Sokoto, his nickname is “Mr. Prudent”. And this explains why it was able to carry out impact projects.

The accusation of the PDP cannot be the bio -ata and the curriculum vitae (CV) of a governor who has with words and acts continued to provide results without borrowing from commercial banks. Governor Aliyu is not running for the presidency, therefore he has no motivation to seize the assignments of local governments, make local governments dying or waste resources intended to provide social services at the basis. This image adapts to the Tambuwal administration. Thank God was seriously defeated in 2019 and 2023.

Come to think about it, the exceptional career of the governor Aliyu in the financial management in the service of the local government could be the reason for his commendable financial discipline, which helped him to perform more than 1890 impact projects within 18 months from the office, without ever taking a loan from any commercial bank. It seemed really stupid when the PDP Jesters mentioned the most prudent governor name in relation to the squaring of local government funds.

It is understandable for a party in opposition to try, from time to time, to launch a punch to the party in power. Furthermore, since the next electoral cycle (2027) is already underway. Even then, the political vouchers are careful not to ridicule themselves by throwing senseless fists up and down. In this case, the relics of the PDP disorganized in the state of Sokoto, they should better listen to the wise advice of Acchaha who told them to: “Stop running in the press to ridicule themselves with non -proven statements that cannot endure the test of the litigation map”. And if 2027 is their goal, oh no, that goal died before arrival. It should be visible to the blind and audible to the deaf, that there is no vacant place in the office of the governor, a state of Sokoto, in 2027!