By; SULAIMAN AHMED MISAU, Katsina
Katsina State Government has refuted the claim by the Debt Management Office ( DMO) that the Governor Dikko Umaru Radda-led administration has ballooned the state’s debt profile.
The state government in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed faulted the report verdict.
A report recently published by DMO indicated that Katsina State under Governor Dikko Umaru Radda with some other state Governments in the Country collected fresh loans to worsen their prevailing debt crises.
Mohammed Kaula said the Governor Radda-led administration’s has preoccupied itself with repaying subsisting loans secured by previous administrations, since it came on board.
He emphasized that, not a single new loan has been collected by the present All Progressives Congress, APC, government in Katsina, under Governor Radda.
“This is not to say that the state government will not borrow whenever the need arises. It could borrow to improve the lot of its people and the state in general,” Kaula said.
According to him, “At the moment, however, there is no new loan. While we appreciate the efforts of the media in keeping the public informed about government activities, we regret any inconvenience the publication might have caused.”
Mohammed Kaula called on the media and public to continue to support the present administration in its effort to provide meaningful projects to uplift the living standard of its citizenry.
