Armstrong Bakam, BauchiThe Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has alleged that his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar, spent N2.3bn to buy materials for burial in the state. The governor, who spoke through his spokesperson, Dr Ladan Salihu, in an interview with journalists in Bauchi, said the funds were spent between January and May, 2019. He explained that over N900m was spent on the purchase of white cloth used for wrapping corpses while over N1.4bn was used to buy the wood for lacing the graves after burial. According to him, the government discovered issues of corruption, venality, daylight robbery of the commonwealth of the people of the state. There is the Freedom of Information Law, use it and find out for yourself from those documents,” Ladan said.

Source: Punch June 23, 2019 23:26 UTC