Why Tinubu should be impeached – El-Rufai

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accusedPresident Bola Tinubu of deducting N100b every month from the federationaccount without approval. Speaking during an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme onArise Television, El-Rufai said such an action deserves nothing butimpeachment. According to him, the unauthorised deductions have beengoing on for over 15 months, amounting to a total of N1.5 trillion. He said: “Government data. I’m not quoting something out ofthe air. So for that 100 billion that goes out every month from the Federationaccount, without appropriation by the National Assembly, by the way, withoutappropriation by the state assemblies, because part of the money belongs to thestates. “So each state assembly is supposed to appropriate thatpart. So the entire deduction and expenditure is unconstitutional. It’s animpeachable offense, but it has been going on for more than 15 months, from thelast time I checked. “So, where has that 1.5 trillion gone? What is it being usedfor? Why is the security situation just getting worse? Why is the governmentasking communities to protect themselves? “Look if you asked me in 2022 or 2023 when we werecampaigning, that things would ever be this bad, I would say that you arementally ill.”

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