The Chairman Kaura Local Council of Kaduna State Mr Mathias Siman have been from office for alleged gross misconduct.
Nine out of 10 councillors in the council have removed the council Chairman through the process of impeachment, following a motion moved by Zachariah Achi, (Bandon ward) and seconded by Fidelis Kukwui (Zankang ward), which accused the chairman of misappropriation and negligence.
The impeached chairman was also accused of awarding contracts to his private firm, contravening the Procurement Act, conduct of public officials and due process.
The allegations Siman denied, saying the legislative council never gave him the opportunity to defend himself.
Moving the motion at the plenary in the legislative chamber on Tuesday, Achi accused Siman of awarding contracts for capital and ecological projects worth N153m to his personal company, SMK Nigeria Limited.
“The development was a gross violation of section 48 of Local Government Administration Law of 2018 and the Kaduna State Public Procurement Law 2016.
“Some of the contracts had been fully paid for with nothing on ground to show, while others were executed far below standard and some others exorbitantly inflated,” he added.
The Speaker of the legislative council, Stephen Atuk, pronounced that “Mr Siman Mathias stands impeached as of Tuesday 31st October, 2023”.
Atul said the resolution was reached out of the collective desire of members of the legislative arm to secure the future of the local government for generations yet unborn.
“The legislature would not fold its arms watching the chairman running the council as a personal enterprise without recourse to due process,” he said.
The impeached Council Chairman Siman denied the allegations against him and explained that the legislative council never gave him the opportunity to defend himself.
“I was not served with an impeachment notice, neither was I called to defend my self,” he stated
He, however, said he had accepted the decision in good faith and would move on with his life.
“These people are my brothers and I leave everything to God. I won’t go to court.
“We just have to be patient with one another in this life,” he added.
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