Security votes: Kwara, Plateau govts fault Obi's claims

Date: 2017-05-07

The Kwara State Government has faulted the argument of a former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, who claimed that security votes are sources of waste in states.

Obi had last week demanded that governors should be made to account for their security votes.

But the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Babatunde Ajeigbe in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents in Ilorin, on Friday, disagreed that security vote is a drainpipe.

Ajeigbe who said he did not know the amount voted for Governor Adulfatah Ahmed as security vote in the 2017 budget, however said security vote is used to address security matters.

He added that the fund is being used to support security agencies in carrying out their statutory duties and to provide vehicles, equipment and other operational logistics for security agencies.

He said, "Security vote is used for what it is meant for and that is security matters. It is used for security issues, to ensure that we have a less criminal environment.

"In Kwara State, there is a security council which has as members, heads of various security agencies and headed by the governor.

"They meet on regular basis. It is used to support security agencies in terms of logistics such as vehicles, equipment and task forces that handle security matters.

"I do not have an idea of how much was budgeted as security vote for this year." Efforts to ascertain the amount of security vote for 2017 proved abortive as the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad and the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr. Saheed Popoola did not pick their calls or respond to their text messages as of the time of filing the story.

The Speaker of the Plateau State House, Mr. Peter Azi, also justified the need for governors to spend security votes on anything that could threaten the peace of the state.

Azi, who also failed to disclose the amount the governor collects as security vote said, "If I am to tell you how much he spends as security vote, it means I will have to tell you all the strategies of security itself. I know that security agencies in Plateau State are doing well."

Also the Director of Press in the Plateau State Government House, Dr. Emmanuel Nanle, noted that Obi is entitled to his opinion but insisted that security vote is not a waste.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Patigi Regatta     Saka Abimbola Isau     Sambo Murtala     Lai Mohammed     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     MATTA Girls Foundation     Bola Magaji     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     AGM Professional Services     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Kolawole Bashirat     Zainab Abass     Ajase-Ipo     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     TETFUND     Just Event Online     KSIRS     Lithium Deposit     Muhammed Aliyu     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Akorede     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Surajudeen Akanbi     Habeeb Saidu     Kwara State Governor     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     CUTI     Gurei     Admiralty Villa     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Shuaib Jawondo     Saad Belgore     GGDSS Pakata     Rafiu Ajakaye     Hijaab     NURTW     National Information Technology Development Agency     Charles Ibitoye     Kwara South     Seun Bolaji     Bisi Oyeleke     Bashir Adigun     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Abubakar Aliagan     Olohungbebe     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Aiyedun     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Share/Tsaragi     Ahmad Ali     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Oko-Erin     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ayo Salami     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Abdullahi Samari     Earlyon Technologies     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     FERMA     Gani Saadu     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Wale Oladepo     Saka Onimago     Muhammed Akanbi     Toyin Falola     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Laboratory-to-Product     COVID    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Minister     Yomi Adeboye     Kwabes     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Oke-Ero     Agboola Abdulraheem     Sabi     Tunji Arosanyin     Oniyangi     Sobi FM     Sobi Hill     Jalala     Baba Issa     Ganiyu Abolarin     Vasolar Consultoria     Laolu Saraki     Tafidan Kaiama     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Sarakite     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     National Pilot     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Maigida     NaAllah     Fatai Olodo     Ilorin Amusement Park     Bursary     Paul Odama     Mukhtar Shagaya     General Hospital     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Alaaya     Kwara Volleyball Association     HYPPADEC     Olabanji Orilonishe     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     LABTOP     National Information Technology Development Agency     Royal FM     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Baaziki Sulaiman     Bola Olukoju     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Toyin Saraki     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     KWASAA     Ahman Patigi     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Aliyu Salihu     Sheikh Alimi     Chikanda     Temitope Ogunbanke     Abubakar Atiku     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Tayo Alao     Lanre Issa Onilu     Bolaji Abdullahi     Salman Jawondo     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Lawal Jimoh     Alapansapa     Malete     Shettima Of Ilorin     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Kayode Issa     NYSC     Umar Saro     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Folorunsho Erubu     Lola Ashiru     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Wale Oladepo     Solomon Edojah