Missing billions of naira: EFCC comes for former plateau state governor
– EFCC to investigate former Plateau state governor Jang
– Ex-governor is said to be involved in allegation of missing funds
– Money under question runs into billions of naira
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has started investigation of former Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang, over his inability to explain how some funds which belong to the state was spent.
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Leadership learnt that the government of Plateau state, had in a petition to the anti-graft agency, stated that it found out financial mismanagement after going through the handover notes left by the ex-governor.
Former Plateau state governor Jonah Jang
An official of the anti-graft body said the petition to EFCC, revealed that: “Under Jonah Jang as governor of Plateau State N2 billion was released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the Small and Medium Scale(SME) businesses in Plateau state. The N2 billion was released to Jang in April of 2015, a month before the expiration of his administration. The entire money disappeared. And there’s no trace or evidence that SMEs in Plateau state benefitted from the CBN fund meant for them.
“The administration of former Governor Jonah Jang got N6.1 billion from the accounts of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB), Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) and the ministry for local government and chieftaincy affairs.”
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The unnamed source said the government, in the petition, likewise indicted Jang, saying he received N982,526451.02 from the Plateau state government using a front company Darmatist Consult for a purported, non-existent recovery of N7.56 billion from Nassarawa state. The said fund was paid to Darmatist as consultancy fee.
The source in the EFCC added that: “Under Jang, millions of naira was debited monthly from the accounts of the 17 Local Government Areas in Plateau state. Jang claimed that the debited funds will be used to construct one 5 km road in each of the 17 LGAs.
“But most of the roads were never constructed. Just a few LGAs in Jang’s Plateau North Senatorial District benefited from this scheme but the funds had disappeared from the state accounts before the emergence of the new administration of Simon Lalong.
“Questions are also being raised on how SURE-P funds were disbursed by the Jang administration. As a matter of fact, Jang, in his handover notes, did not provide the needed information on how much was released, how much was received and what the funds were used for.”
Recently, the EFCC reportedly arrested an alleged oil tycoon, Shehu Badamasi for duping a Lagos-based businessman of N2.3 billion.
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