Akoub wasted 200bn dinars as Nineveh governor: Nasr Alliance
The leader of the Nasr Alliance in Nineveh, Mohammed Abed
Rabbo, said on Tuesday that the value of the files of corruption accused against
Nineveh Governor Nofal al-Akoub is estimated at 200 billion Iraqi dinars.
"Nineveh Governor Nofal al-Akoub’s work throughout his
term in office has been full of suspicions of corruption and waste of public
money," Abed Rabbo said.
Abed Rabbo added that "the most prominent files raised were
of reconstruction, removing debris, and treatment of patients in hospitals,"
noting that these files resulted in the waste of huge amounts of funds and the
loss of 200 billion dinars, which was then reported to the regulatory bodies to
investigate.
Regarding the debris file, Abed Rabbo said the local
government could have accomplished it with 2 billion dinars, but 40 billion
dinars were spent.
The parliament voted unanimously on March 24 to remove Akoub
from the governorship of Nineveh, along with two deputies, Abdul Qader Sinjari
and Hassan al-Afaf, at the request of Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi due to
charges of corruption and the sinking of the ferry in the Tigris River in Mosul,
which killed more than 110 people.