Kaduna State governor Uba Sani said his predecessor Nasir El-Rufai left a massive debt portfolio behind hence his inability to pay government workers salary.
Sani who was speaking during a town hall meeting at the weekend stated that El-Rufai handed over to him a debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion and 115 contractual liabilities. He said N7 billion out of the N10 billion federal allocation for Kaduna in March was deducted to service the state’s debt. He added that the N3 billion, which the state was left with, was not enough to pay salaries as the state’s monthly salary bill stood at N5.2 billion.
“Despite the huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion and 115 contractual liabilities sadly inherited from the previous administration, we remain resolute in steering Kaduna State towards progress and sustainable development.
“We have conducted a thorough assessment of our situation and are sharpening our focus accordingly.
“It gladdens my heart to inform you that despite the huge inherited debt on the state, till date, we have not borrowed a single kobo,” he said.
But El-Rufai’s son Bashir El-Rufai fired back at the governor who was handpicked by his dad.
“These guys have realised that they are wholly incompetent and the only way to mask the nonsense is to deflect. From a Governor that is always sleeping in Abuja to a litany of incompetent aides that were only rewarded for foolish political reasons,” Basir El-Rufai wrote on X.
“One would think that from all the FAAC allocations these unserious clowns have changed to dollars, debt would be the least of their problems,” he said.
