DOCUMENT: How Zamfara Ex-Governor, Matawalle Awarded Over N2billion Contracts To His Company, Purchased Vehicles For N1billion, Left None For SuccessorFormer Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, awarded a contract to purchase vehicles to be distributed to the state ministries, Departments, and Agencies at the cost of N1,149,800,000 but left none in office for his successor, Dauda Lawal-Dare, SaharaReporters has learnt.
According to another source, Tanimu Salihu Mafara, the Chairman of the Zamfara Alternative Forum, in an article sent to SaharaReporters on Sunday, Matawalle’s own company, Besbelmon was awarded contracts to construct a two-story building, with 5 bedrooms as the governor’s residence and with a 75% payment of the amount of N1,221,242, 968.93.
“Zamfara is the worst state, with a 92 percent poverty rate, according to data from the Oxford University Poverty and Human Development Initiative “Nigeria Country Briefing,” 2017. “Recently, the Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State accused Bello Muhammad Matawalle, of stealing 17 government vehicles and looted items from the state government residence, including televisions, air conditioners, and cookers among other valuables.