The Chanchaga Local Government legislative council in Niger State has admitted that it cannot account for N395 million allocated to the Minna Development Fund over the past two and a half years.
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Yehuza Etsu, leader of the council, disclosed this during a hearing by an Investigative Committee probing allegations of financial mismanagement against the suspended Council Chairman, Aminu Ladan. The funds, collected from two percent monthly allocations to the development fund between December 2022 and June 2025, were meant to support primary schools and health facilities in Minna, but the council has no record of how the money was spent.
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The Director of Public Prosecution, Usman Baba, accused Ladan of nine violations of Niger State Local Government laws. The allegations include misappropriation of council funds, unlawful allocation of market plots, refusal of directors to appear before the council, failure to provide accountability on the Minna Development Fund, illegal contract awards, absence of Finance and General Purpose Committee meetings, and ignoring invitations from legislators.
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During cross-examination, Etsu admitted that some months’ allocations were never released and that no evaluation reports had been prepared to confirm project progress. He also acknowledged inconsistencies between reported completion levels of projects and actual fund disbursements.
The committee has heard testimonies from five witnesses so far, including the council secretary, past and current directors of the Works Department, and the immediate past leader of the legislative council, as investigations continue into the missing funds.
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