Alleged abuse of office: Nobody can intimidate me-AMAC chair


The chairman Abuja Municipal area council (AMAC),  Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has said that he would never succumb to any form of intimidation by Nigerians who are bent to destroy his administration.
Candido stated this during a press conference held at the council secretariat, area 10  Monday in response to a recent protest against his administration by some civil society organizations.


The chairman said   the allegations of him collected the sum of N19billion from federation account, mismanaged and abuse of office and awarding contract to family members are blatant lies, adding  that his office is open to whoever that want know more about what is happening in his administration to come to AMAC for verification.


The chairman further stated that he can never be used by anybody for  their personal interest.
“I only collected the sum of N9billion within three years of my administration, not N19billion as alleged by the protesters. My office is open to every Nigerian because I always pass through due processes in ruling the people of AMAC. I have spent nine years in the administration of AMAC as a former councillor and now chairman, and I challenge anybody accusing me of awarding contract to my family members to come to AMAC procurement office and verify it.


“If  I collected N400million AMAC monthly allocation, by the time I remove N200 million to pay salary, I have to source for more money, either from bank draft or IGR to pay the workers. The balance  I use to impact the lives of the people of AMAC.
“I have initated and completed over150 projects across the12 political wards with my wisdom and  not from the money I  received monthly from allocation,” Candido added.

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