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.

Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Bello Abubakar     Ajike People Support Centre     Oja-Oba     NYSC     Tunde Idiagbon Road     AbdulRauf Keji     Iyaloja-General     Sun Qing Rong     Quareeb     Umaru Saro     Amos Justus Sayo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Lawal Olohungbebe     Bond     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Funmilayo Zubair     Sunday Otokiti     Plat Technologies Limited     SWAN     Bello Oyedepo     Moshood Mustapha     Durbar Festival     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Laolu Saraki     Kaiama     Musa Abdullahi     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Gobir     Bashirat Bola Bello     Moronfoye     Nagode     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Oloje     Oke-Ogun     Tsaragi/Share     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Tosin Saraki     Playing Host     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Emir Of Ilorin     Mufutau Olatinwo     Rotimi Atere     Tunji Folami     Bankole Omishore     Tayo Awodiji     Olupako     Habeeb Saidu     Monsurat Omotosho     Nupe     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Oro Grammar School     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Gobir Organization Foundation     S.O. Opowoye     Fola Consultant     Ajikobi     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ronke Adeyemi     Trader Moni     Ilota     Monkey Pox     Shade Omoniyi     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Obasanjo     Mohammed Haruna     N-Power     Vasolar Consortium     Hassan Taiye Salam     Kwara Basketball Association     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Kumbi Titilope     Kola Bukoye     Public Holiday    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Rasheed Jimoh     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Mohammed Lawal     Alapado     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     General Hospital     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Moro     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Jumoke Gafar     Tope Daramola     NYSC     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Yusuf Badmus     Baba-Isale     Lateef Alagbonsi     Durosinlohun Kawu     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Olaosebikan     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Busari Alabi Alausa     Ayo Salami     Ashiru     Ajasse-Ipo     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ilesha-Baruba     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Saliu Ajia     Igbomina     Forgo Battery Company Limited     IsDB     Olayinka Olaogun     Emmanuel Bello     Amuda Musbau     Yakubu Gobir     Kazeem Gbolagade     Tafidan Kaiama     AbdulRauf Keji     Local Government Pension Board     Jide Ashonibare     Yunus Lawal     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Razak Atunwa     Ilorin International Airport     Yakubu Danladi     Risikat Lawal     Inside Kwara     Babs Iwarere     Sunday Otokiti     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Sadiq Buhari     Moji Makanjuola     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Muhammad Yahya     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Hakeem Lawal     Omotoso Musa     Kola Shittu     Omu Aran     Olokoba     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Oyelere Oyinloye     Sola Saraki University     Agboola Abdulraheem     Alanamu     Yeketi     Elekoyangan     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Baba Issa Awoye     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Shaaba Lafiagi     IF-K