The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has warned the outgoing government officials of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) not to loot the state treasury, as doing such, would have dire consequences.
This was contained in a statement on Wednesday, signed by its State Publicity Secretary, John Akans.
According to PDP, the ruling APC administration in the state, which tenure comes to an end, on May 29, 2023, having lost a re-election bid should not add to the current harrowing experiences of the people of the state, by allowing its officials to loot the treasury.
The statement noted: “It is on this premise that the general public and the good people of Plateau State are hereby alerted to the dastardly plan by Governor (Simon) Lalong and some of his officials, and for the public to report any such criminal moves which they may sense, regarding this public alert.
"We have it on good authority that Plateau State assets within the state ministries, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja are being tampered with for private acquisition.
"We have detailed reports of several properties currently being processed for ownership transfer, involving serving commissioners and top government officials, hence, this serious warning to those involved in these illegal deals.”
Akans stressed, “The Commissioner and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Lands and Surveys should take note because we are aware of the missing photogrammetry surveying and remote sensing machine procured by former Governor Jonah Jang’s administration.
“Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture should as well take note of what is happening at Kuru livestock farm.
“And permanent secretaries of Government House, policy and cabinet office should equally take note that we are aware of vehicles and other government properties in the hands of political appointees.
“Reliable information available to us also indicate there are several shady conducts, ongoing within the state finance ministry, through the accountant general of the state, aside the billions of loan, allegedly taken by the governor to prosecute the lost election,” it pointed out.
The PDP statement added, “We are inundated with credible reports of emergency contract awards, hurried processing of payments vouchers and a grand agenda to incur further debt, under the guise of project implementation.
“There is an elaborate plot to further bankrupt the state to complicate governance under the new administration,” it further alleged.
The party maintained, “We want to use this medium to warn all those involved in this criminal endeavour to desist from these nefarious activities, as we will hold Permanent Secretaries and Directors of various Ministries and other government agencies accountable for their conduct.
"Let it be known to the governor and his team, that we have the complete records and inventory of Plateau State assets. We are in possession of records of what was handed over to the governor by his predecessor in 2015, as well as true state of government properties.
“And permanent secretaries of Government House, policy and cabinet office should equally take note that we are aware of vehicles and other government properties in the hands of political appointees.
“Reliable information available to us also indicate there are several shady conducts, ongoing within the state finance ministry, through the accountant general of the state, aside the billions of loan, allegedly taken by the governor to prosecute the lost election,” it pointed out.
The PDP statement added, “We are inundated with credible reports of emergency contract awards, hurried processing of payments vouchers and a grand agenda to incur further debt, under the guise of project implementation.
“There is an elaborate plot to further bankrupt the state to complicate governance under the new administration,” it further alleged.
The party maintained: “We want to use this medium to warn all those involved in this criminal endeavour to desist from these nefarious activities, as we will hold Permanent Secretaries and Directors of various Ministries and other government agencies accountable for their conduct.
"Let it be known to the governor and his team, that we have the complete records and inventory of Plateau State assets.
"We are in possession of records of what was handed over to the governor by his predecessor in 2015, as well as true state of government properties."
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