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| Jibril Aminu (Image source: naijalumia.com) |
A former minister of
petroleum, Jibril Aminu, has expressed concern over what he described as state
governors’ unlimited access to spending of public funds.
News
Agency of Nigeria report continues:
Mr.
Aminu made the statement on Saturday in Yola in his speech at the third edition
of Adamawa Community Dialogue, organized by an NGO, Adamawa Community
Advancement Initiative (ACAI).
He
said that a situation where a governor could collect and spend state resources
at will without recourse to due process needed to be checked if the country
must progress.
Mr.
Aminu, a former senator, decried the situation in the country where governors
handle state and local government resources like their personal property.
“A
governor just sends for the Accountant-General, who very often is his best
friend; maybe his cousin too to bring money,” he said.
Mr.
Aminu noted that he had had cause in the past to comment on the excesses of
governors, who he said, hijacked council funds and even attempted to control
the federal government through the governors’ forum.
He
lauded ACAI for its effort to promote unity and good governance in Adamawa. He
urged the organization not to relent in its efforts to ensure that the state
and nation’s resources were judiciously utilized for the benefit of the people.
He
condemned politics of sentiments, saying that those promoting such sentiments
use it as screen to cover up their failure.
“Ethnicity,
religion and other pettiness are all symptoms of non-performance; people who
fail use ethnicity and religion as something to hang on,’’ he said.
Mr.
Aminu urged Nigerians not to be discouraged by the current challenges facing
the nation but remain resolute and determined to reject negative thinking and
work towards nation building.
“We are rich, our people
are intelligent and we have all the potentials,” Mr. Aminu said. (NAN)
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