Zamfara Assembly suspends two LG chairmen over alleged financial irregularities

The Zamfara State House of Assembly has ordered the suspension of the chairmen of Kaura Namoda and Bukkuyum section authorities areas, Mannir Mu’azu Haidara and Umar A. Faru, implicit alleged fiscal irregularities.

The enactment was taken during plenary connected Wednesday, April 8, 2026, pursuing the information of a study connected the fiscal operations of the state’s 14 section authorities councils for the 2025 fiscal year.

A connection by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Bello Madaro Kurya, said the study was presented by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Adamu Aliyu Gumm, who besides serves arsenic Vice Chairman of the House Committee connected Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

According to the statement, the committee’s findings prompted the proposal to suspend the 2 chairmen owed to their nonaccomplishment to respond to respective invitations issued to them. The invitations were intended to let them to clarify issues surrounding the usage of funds successful their respective councils.

The Assembly, presided implicit by Speaker Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki, unanimously ap...