Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday said that the state government does not have money to waste on elites.
The governor who made this known while inaugurating the boards for five parastatals, emphatically told the elites that “anyone who thinks government is a bazaar, or a funder of last resort for their greed, should know that this administration is against such practices.”
The governor mandated the board members of the parastatals to align their mandates with the goals of the Restoration Programme so that the Public Service could be strengthened through that means.
The agencies include the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), the Kaduna Facility Management Agency (KADFAMA), the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) and the Kaduna State Bureau of Pensions.
According to el-Rufai, “The government paid N2.7bn in wages and pension, in May 2015. That is why we commenced the verification of the public service payroll from June 2015. If we had not done the verification, we would have had to borrow N300m just to pay salaries. If government is designed to provide a legitimate machinery to organize society and provide public good, then its resources cannot be legitimately spent only on servicing itself.
“Anyone who thinks government is a bazaar, or a last resort funder for their greed, should know that we oppose such practices, and we certainly don’t have the money to fritter on the vanities of the elite.”
El-Rufai further said, “It is immediately apparent from their names that some of these parastatals are brand new.
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