The Plateau State Government has set up
an eight-man committee to investigate the purchase and distribution of
commercial vehicles and tricycles loaned to members of the public by the
immediate past administration of former Governor, Jonah Jang.
Inaugurating the committee yesterday in
Jos, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Rufus Bature said
the investigation was necessary to put the record straight and for the
state to be able to access the expected funds from the federal
government to tackle youth poverty in the state.
The SSG mandated the committee to among
others, investigate the number of vehicles purchased by the
administration for the scheme, establish the total amount and the source
of funds; establish the mode of distribution, names and addresses of
the beneficiaries; identify the bank and ascertain the total amount
deposited by each beneficiary as loan repayment.
According to him, “You are all aware
that the Federal Government through the Office of the Vice President is
introducing some social intervention measures to alleviate poverty and
take our teeming restive youths out of the quagmire they find themselves
in. ”These include among others, the school feeding, employment of
teachers, giving of loans to women and several others. For Plateau to
access such funds, we have to put our records straight because it was
from such funds that the Tackling Poverty Together programme was
funded.”
_Vanguard