Buhari’s supervision puts my government under pressure – Katsina Governor, Masari

Governor Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has noted that instead of being at advantage by the fact that Buhari is from the state, the State has been placed under more pressure as much is expected from it.

He noted that Buhari as the direct supervisor of Katsina state expects the state to do better than its peers and follow the manner he pilots the affairs of the nation.

Speaking in an interview with Vanguard, he said: “You know we have a direct supervisor who is the President. He is a supervisor of all the states but he supervises here more than any other state. Because where he is, there is somebody from Katsina with him.

“So, sometimes he has more information about Katsina than myself. So, that puts a lot of pressure on us, because the expectation on us is that, we should lead by the example of the President.”

He further revealed that his administration was responding to the present economic crunch and dwindling revenue by bringing discipline into the system and blocking avenues for financial wastage.

According to him, “We promised we will not steal. So, we are in a position to punish anybody who does. We are also blocking leakages and waste, gradually. And we are repositioning the civil service because that is the only way you can stop waste.

“We have survived for seven months. How? We stopped waste. That is why till this moment, we are able to meet up with basic responsibilities of governance. I think if we can get 50% of what the previous administration was getting, we would do far better than what we are doing now.

“When the top leadership was busy stealing,others too were busy helping themselves. You see, we are not probing how much this building(Government House) was done. What we shall be looking into is money taken directly from the treasury totalling N147bn.

“This is raw cash taken directly. There would be a commission of enquiry on this money and we shall demand for the return of it and let the perpetrators be punished so that we too will not be tempted like they did. We are putting a break on ourselves. We are putting a break on governance. We are returning responsibility back to governance.”