Nigeria's n ewly elected governors

Nigeria's n ewly elected governors

are expected to commence work

and face the business of

governance in their respective

states. However, the process is

being tampered by a raging war

with their predecessors,

especially over financial

stringency.

Niger: Gov Abubakar Bello Clashes

With ex-gov Babangida Aliyu

Gov. Bello is set to clash with ex

gov Babangida Aliyu over a

N2.9bn loan the later allegedly

obtained "fraudulently" on the

eve of his departure. He has

demanded his predecessor to

return the funds.

Rivers state: Gov Nyesom Wike

Hunts down Rotimi Amaechi

Gov. Wike is going after

Amaechi with everything he's

got. He has inaugurated a

committee to probe the ex-

governor for corruption. There

has been a war of words

between the duo which their

aides have recently joined in.

He's also retrieving government

properties still in possession of

officials of the former

administration.

Kaduna state: Gov. Nasir El-Rufai

Unhappy With Mukhtar Ramalan

Yero

Gov. El-Rufai isn't proud of his

predecessor's policies and as

soon as he assumed office he

started reverting them.

This is based on the suspicion

that funds (billions of naira)

supposedly released to cater for

citizen's welfare ended up in

personal accounts.

Kebbi state: Gov Atiku Bagudu

against former governor Saidu

Dakingari

Dakingari of the PDP fell out

with many PDP chiefs in the

state prior to the party's

primaries. He also publicly

declared he would never hand

over to Bagudu (who at the time

was a PDP member).

He however lost the party's

primaries and 24 hours later,

Bagudu defected to the APC

where he emerged the gov

candidate. He later won the

governorship election and since

then the two can't be left in the

same room.

Dakingari is mostly blamed for

the impase, with many thinking

of his actions as imature.

Plateau state: Gov. Simon Lalong

Angry With Jonah Jang

The heat between the two is

mainly due to the alleged

N104bn debt the former left for

his successor.

Bauchi state: Gov Abdullahi

Abubakar Condemns Isa Yuguda

over Maladministration

In Bauchi, there are various

allegations ranging from

embezzlement of public funds,

poor performance and last

minute allocations of lands,

vehicles and many others being

perpetrated by Yuguda's

administration.

Reports say the bitterness

between both parties is evident

such that they exchange blows on

social media.

Katsina state: Gov Aminu Masari,

Ibrahim Shema Bicker Over state

finances

Gov. Masari is determined to

probe Shema for financial

recklessness. There is reportedly

a shortfall of N13bn in his

books.

He's also cropped billions of

naira in debt and owns

hundreds of state accounts.

However, Shema believes Gov.

Masari just wants to rubbish his

achievements in the past 8

years.

Taraba state: Gov. Darius Dickson

Ishaku Silent Over N27bn Debts

Past administrations of the state

reportedly looted the state's

treasury. The N27bn debts were

accumulated under the reigns of

former acting governor Garba

Umar and Sani Abubakar

Danlandi who was reinstated by

a Supreme Court ruling.

Ishaku hasn't made a clear move

against his predecessors but he

just might be bidding his time.

Delta State Mortgaged for N637.2bn

debt

Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has vowed to

extricate the state from what he

called its stringent mortgage to

financial institutions over a

cumulative debt of N637.22

billion.

Although he was silent on any

probe of his predecessor,

analysts say the relationship

between the two may not be

smooth in the near future

Source: Daily Trust