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KATSINA GOV RADDA RECEIVES REPS INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, INSISTS CULPRITS MISUSING TETFUND BE PUNISHED

The Katsina state governor, Dr Umar Dikko Radda, has welcomed the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged abuse of 2.3 trillion naira generated as tertiary education tax by TETFUND between 2011 to 2023, to his state, with an appeal that it should recommend that those found to have abused the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, be charged and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

This, the governor said, will serve as a deterrent to others who may be nursing such ambition.

Governor Radda received the House committee, led by the member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency, Rep. Unyime Idem, at the Katsina state government house.

Represented by the Deputy governor, Faruk Lawal, the governor noted that the committee’s investigation will also help reposition the education sector in the state, given his administration’s interest in the sector.

“Why I say your assignment is very important and crucial is because of the importance attached to education in Katsina state. It is our priority area asides the issue of insecurity.”

“So I want to appeal to you, when you do your findings, if there are leakages, people should be compelled to come and do the right thing.”

“This assignment is very important to us and timely because when we look at the decay in education, the kind of intervention we’ve had from TETFUND and other agencies has helped in fixing infrastructure decay and capacity building of the personnel.”

“So I think this move will not only benefit the state but the country. So your findings should also be made to serve as a deterrent to others so that whatever we do in life, we should be accountable.”

Earlier in his remarks, the leader of the delegation and member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency, Rep. Unyime Idem, congratulated the governor of Katsina state over his victory at the last elections, and thanked him for the warm welcome accorded the House of Representatives delegation.

He went on to intimate Dr. Radda of the committee’s mission in the state.

“Your Excellency, your state has benefitted to the tune of 40 billion naira and the findings we made before our arrival here show that what’s on ground is not commensurate with the funds allocated.”

“I assure you, Your Excellency, that our investigation in this state will add to the current effort of government in the area of education in the state.”

“I say so because we’ll be very thorough in our investigations and if we discover any infraction, we will not hesitate to escalate the situation for the House to take steps to address the leakages, which will mean more funds will be allocated and more projects sited in the institutions.”

Institutions visited in Katsina state were Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Federal Polytechnic, Daura, Federal College of Education, Katsina and Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-Ma.