By Ahmad Alabira, Dutse
A federal high court sitting in Kano has issued an interim injunction restraining Jigawa state government from taking any further step to investigate the alleged misappropriation of N1.7 billion J-CARES FADAMA project funds.
The Fund was allocated for COVID-19 Economic Recovery and stimulation program ( J-CARES) FADAMA project immediately after the CORONA pandemic.
The court gave the injunction in a suit filed by the former Coordinator FADAMA III Jigawa state, Alhaji Aminu Isa Ringim, who is currently under suspension by the state government.
The suspended Coordinator is challenging the process followed by the committee set up by the state government to review the implementation of the J-CARES FADAMA intervention in the state.
Aminu Ringim prayed the court to restrain the state government from using the reports untill he was given a fair hearing.
The presiding Judge of the court, Justice Isa Liman in his rulling gave an interim injunction restraining the respondent not to publish, take any action or extract a “White Paper” from the committee report .
The Judge said, the restrictions shall be complied untill the determination of the court for the fair hearing and other concerns expressed by the complainant.
It would be recalled that the state governor, Malam Umar Namadi has ordered for a full investigation into the Implementation of the J-CARES FADAMA intervention on the alleged misappropriation of the funds allocated to the sector.
When contacted, the state Attoney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barris Bello Abdulkadir Fanini said they have not received the interim injunction yet.
