Kano Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado has been suspended from Office, report says.
According to the report by BBC Hausa, Gado’s suspension was said to have been carried out by the Kano State House of Assembly, and it will last for just one month.
The suspension came over the rejection of an accountant sent to the Commission by the office of the Accountant General of the State.
This followed a letter of complaint against him sent to the house by Office of the Accountant General of the state.
The letter revealed that the chairman has appointed a grade level 4 officer as the accountant of the commission, contrary to the State Law.
On his part, the Majority Leader of the House Alhaji Labaran Madari asked the House to hand over the matter to the House committee on public complaints and anti-Corruption for a thorough investigation and action.
Also, the House asked the committee to compile the report to the House in two weeks
Kano Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado’s tenure was renewed in 2020 by Governor Ganduje.
The Governor in a statement released on Wednesday 22nd April 2020, had stated that having satisfied by the achievements recorded by the Kano Anti-Corruption Commission chairman during his first term in office, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, as the Executive Chairman he has decided to extend his tenure for the second term, as the first term expired by the end of next month, May 2020.
“It is important to know that the Chairman was able to steer the Commission in the right direction, to become a subnational example of both Ombudsman as well as anti-corruption agency in the country,” the governor had said then.
Barrister Rimingado, according to the governor, was instrumental in reshaping and redirecting the state anti-graft body to be more visible and people-centred. “As we don’t interfere in its activities, the Commission performed wonderfully well during the first tenure of Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado,” he said.
Governor Ganduje had maintained that his administration appreciates the efforts of “Barrister Rimingado’s led public complaints and Anti-corruption commission in the services renders to the public more especially in the areas of dispute settlement, protection of human rights as well as recoveries of funds, particularly to the most vulnerable people in the society at no cost.
This shows how patriotic and committed he is to the development of the state and the nation at large.”
No official statement has been released by the Kano State Government as regardingto this latest development as at the time of this report.