Governors to boycott Senate oversight committee over claims of extortion

Council of Governors chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Governors have suspended their appearances before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), accusing unnamed members of the oversight body of extorting money from them ahead of scheduled sittings.

They also claim that the committee has turned into an arena where senators abuse the powers bestowed on them to settle political differences with governors, terming it a “witch hunt” fashioned as sessions to demand accountability for billions of taxpayer funds disbursed to the devolved units.