We Recovered 72 Cars, 60 Gen Sets From Yuguda’s Officials – Abubakar

The Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar?, has said his
administration has so far recovered 72 cars and 60 generator sets
allegedly looted by officials of the past government.

He has also stated that his administration inherited five months
salary arrears and N14 billion unpaid gratuities.

He made the disclosure to State House correspondents shortly after
meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said he deliberately set up a committee headed by a retired
military officer on assumption of office to recover all government
property taken away by the officials who served former governor Isa
Yuguda.

He said this was in line with his inaugural speech to the people of
the state in which he promised zero tolerance for corruption.

He said, “Ours was the first state to set up a committee with a
retired air force general to recover property of government that were
frittered away by officials of the former regime.

“And in terms of vehicles, we have recovered 72 earlier taken away
from the government.

“We have recovered quite a number of generators. At a point, 60
generators were bought by the former government and they distributed
them to their friends, associates and I ordered for the retrieval of
all them.

“I have on the onset from my maiden speech declared zero tolerance to
corruption and that is the way we are going.”

Abubakar said he had already signed a register in his state in support
of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing anti-corruption war.

He said he was the first governor to sign the register which he said
was produced my some young men in support of the government’s
anti-graft war.

He said his state was part of those that benefited from the recent
Federal Government’s bailouts, saying he has kept faith with civil
servants since assumption of office.

?He said, “My state was part of the states that got the bailout. I
inherited five months of unpaid salaries, I inherited N14 billion
gratuities unpaid between local governments and the state, and
therefore I am one of the states that have applied to be assisted by
the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“We are awaiting the finalisation of whatever will come. But I have
kept faith with the civil service since I have taken over from the
meager resources we have been generating and I have been paying
salaries.




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