Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has vowed to recover over N90 bn from former governor Abdulaziz Yari which was allegedly diverted through inflation of contracts.

Matawalle , who spoke during the presentation of interim report from the state’ s projects verification committee , stressed that he would make sure that the diverted funds were returned to the government .

The governor said, “ I will implement the committee ’ s report to ensure that all those involved in the scandal were brought to justice. ”

Earlier , the chairman of the committee , Alhaji Ahmed Zabarma , told the governor that his committee had uncovered large sum of money diverted during the administration of Yari , urging the governor to set up a committee of enquiry to retrieve the money .

Zabarma said between 2011 and 2019 , Yari ’ s administration awarded 6 , 180 contracts at various locations in the state “ where many of such contracts were either poorly executed or not done at all , while the contract sums were also inflated . ”

Source:- Punchng

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