Kano State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman, State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado, for one month

Muhuyi Magaji was suspended based on a petition received from the Office of the Accountant General of the State on the refusal of the Chairman to accept a Chief Accountant posted to the Commission.

The suspension followed a letter of complaint against him sent to the house by the Accountant general’s Office.

A letter revealed that the Chairman appoints a grade level 4 staff as the commission’s accountant, contrary to the state act.

The majority leader of the Kano House of Assembly, Labaran Madari asked the house to hand over the matter to the House Committee on Anti-corruption for investigation and action. After a series of deliberations on the floor of the House, it was agreed to suspend Rimin-Gado for a period of one month to give way for the investigation on the subject matter.

Rimin-Gado reportedly ran into trouble when the State Government realized that he was operating a flamboyant lifestyle allegedly above his earnings.

Other allegations against him include not turning records of donations from Open Government Policy (OGP) programs as well as recovered funds not known to the Government.