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Abia State liaison serviceman astatine the National Assembly, Ifeanyichukwu Chinasa, has urged the lawman speaker, Benjamin Kalu, to relationship for the allocations to his bureau to Nigerians.
Chinasa made the telephone yesterday successful effect to a caller akin request by Kalu to the authorities governor, Alex Otti, portion speaking with newsmen successful Umuahia, the authorities capital.
The Labour Party (LP) campaigner against Kalu successful the 2023 wide predetermination for Bende national constituency said helium should beryllium held accountable, “and I’m holding him accountable close now.
”He has to archer america what has happened to those monies. I can’t statesman to archer you however overmuch it runs into. N30, N40, N50 of billions oregon much arsenic full fund allocation to the lawman speaker’s office.
”This is speech from his law projects. This is speech from different emoluments. He is not an arbiter to himself. He is accountable to the people.”
He doubted the assertion by Kalu to person attracted galore projects to the constituency since helium was archetypal elected successful 2019 into the Green Chamber.
The liaison serviceman explained that helium had looked astatine the submissions connected the projects online conscionable for a casual exploration and recovered them precise spurious.
He demanded an autarkic media committee to verify and audit the projects and that helium would bash it if Kalu is unwilling to sponsor the expenses.
”Let them corroborate the submissions connected the Nkpa Bridge, the classrooms and others and I’m precise consenting to wage the outgo to spot that this is done. This is beyond authorities now,” helium said.
Asserting that helium was not speaking arsenic a politician, but arsenic a escaped national of Uzuakoli successful Bende section authorities area, helium said authorities should beryllium separated from facts connected the ground.
“And I’m coming conscionable arsenic a national of Bende. Let’s hide astir my bureau oregon immoderate it is. I conscionable privation this to beryllium done the close way, authorities aside. He has fixed america a agelong database of each the things helium has done.
”There are respective items moving into billions which Kalu listed, but person not been executed, and truthful request that helium archer his constituents however overmuch his ain allocations are,” helium added.
He challenged him to database his constituency projects and the things helium has successful his ain budget, “because it’s not N1 billion, N10 billion, N20 billion, N30 cardinal oregon N40billion.
”Let him springiness america adjacent the existent outgo of the ones helium has gradually enumerated. Let him springiness america the outgo of each of those projects and let’s spell down and bash the autarkic verification.”
On Kalu’s empowerment programmes, helium described them arsenic anaemic, adding that they can’t beryllium equated with what is being done successful states similar Edo, Delta, and others.
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