The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Kwara State, Abdulmumin Ajia, has called for an independent audit of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme over allegations that the scheme is being used to settle political obligations.
Ajia also demanded a comprehensive account of the programme’s finances from inception, including annual appropriations, actual fund releases, expenditure, administrative costs and outstanding balances.
The demands were contained in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday and made available to The PUNCH, in which he urged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the KWASSIP management to provide documented explanations for the programme’s spending and beneficiary selection procedures.
The allegations, according to Ajia, include substantial payments reportedly made outside established application and beneficiary selection processes, with some amounts said to fall outside the programme’s recognised benefit categories.
He said the claims raised questions about the purpose, authorisation and oversight of the expenditure, adding that an
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