FEMI ADI/ Kaduna

Governor Nasir El-Rufai: TSA nets more money into govt coffers

Kaduna State government said it has  realised N24 billion  just  few days after  commencing the  operation of  the Treasury Single Account , TSA in the state.

El-Rufai also said the state government discovered several ghost workers and schools during the recently concluded Biometrics  Verification Exercise of civil servants in the state.

Kaduna Governor , Malam Nasir El-Rufai who made  this known  during the third edition of his monthly  Town Hall meeting held at New Choice Hall  at Kafanchan, Kaduna  disclosed that  the state government  was able to discover  the whopping amount in 470 accounts operated in  23 banks by  the operating the  new policy of  one single account  with Central Bank of Nigeria.

The governor who used the occasion  to brief residents and people of Southern Kaduna on the achievements made so far in the areas of education, health, security and other sectors of economy ,  reiterated  the commitment of his administration  to change the way government works .

According to Governor  El-Rufai , the state government under the current dispensation is doing every thing possible to block leakages, cut cost of governance  and all forms of financial recklessness and will continue to do so .

Represented by the Deputy Governor, Architect Bala Barnabas Bantex , El-Rufai informed the audience at the town hall meeting of efforts made by his government to triple the state’s Internally Generated Revenue , IGR .

He gave assurance that with the plan and strategy put in place , which will be fully operational soon , the IGR of Kaduna will exceed the money we get from federation account.

He equally revealed that plans have reached advanced stage to transform Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria into ultra modern cities .

While expressing dismay over the debt profile of the state under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP  administration, El-Rufai vowed  to crush  all barriers that would hinder his government from fulfilling his  campaign promise to provide free and compulsory education, free feeding of students, revive comatose industries, renovate and build befitting  health centres  and  other forms of  development .

He stressed ,  ” We are voted into office to perform and not give excuses.”

He however urged the citizens of the state to support the government in avowed and genuine commitment to work , develop and make Kaduna great again.

The Special Adviser on Political Matters , Dr. Uba Sani disclosed the idea of the town hall meetings organized by his office is to bring the governor and the people together under one roof to discuss issues of development.

Sani however enjoined the citizens to reciprocate by avoiding anything that breach the existing peace and on going development plan of the government.