KOGI APC GUBER TICKET: Mrs Rashidat Bello Joins Husband In UK, Intensify Lobby
Buhari Back Home, Shun Kogi Governor
Unable to see Mr President, Intense lobbying and underground manipulation,scheming for APC governorship ticket, has extended the return of kogi governor from London,prompting kogi first lady to join her betahalf abroad
The where about of the first kogi citizen had been shrouded in secrecy,not untill sources confirmed his trip to London,after a failed trip to the party leader,Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor,Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai
Kogi governor has abandoned state matters and functions after series of indications that the party leadership will not allow the return ticket to the governor of kogi state
Governor Bello’s major undoing was his reckless administrative decisions towards the payment of workers salaries and pension,dearth of infrastructural development,duplicated contracts and gross mismanagement of public funds
He became restless after the visit of APC leader,Ahmed Bola Tinubu with Rotimi Amaechi to the governor’s residence and El-Rufai suggestions and support to the candidacy of Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Lulu
Governor Yahaya Bello recently funded the re-election of Kaduna state governor with 500 million naira, with the hope of his support towards his re-election in November this year
Kogi governor had lobbied his way to securing the party’s ticket through the APC Zonal chairman north central, for a vote of confidence,with all efforts to reach out to the APC national chairman,Adams Oshiomole still adamant
Stranded back in London,the state work force on the first tranche pay roll of the state, took salary in the last six months, after the payment of one month salary in April,with several others ranging from 10 months to 38 months and above
With glaring poor management of state resources,the state government is yet to respond to allegations of award of fictitious and bogus contract, particularly the moribund Ganaja junction flyover, were initial payment of close to 2 billion naira, with nothing to show
Sources close to Ministry of Works and SA project management in lokoja, revealed how the top notchers of the ministry had gone ahead to attract notable construction giant in Abuja,with a view to getting some preliminary constriction materials on the site of the project,as a lee way to distract kogians from the fraudulent activities of the state government
PDP had demanded a response and clarification from the state government over the duplicated contract of ganaja junction flyover, that would have made alot of social and economic impact on the life of motorists,travellers and residence of lokoja
Billions of naira was spent by the present administration of governor Yahaya Bello from local government funds, to clear the roadside that cut across the state curtail the activities of kidnappers and criminal elements to no avail
Local government workers and primary school teachers have been on percentage salaries between 10-20% after over 40 months of unpaid salaries as local government pensioners had little or no attention from the state government
The state NLC and TUC have giving the state government condition for re-election to payment of outstanding salaries of workers and pensioners,an issue that is glaringly impossible
They equally begged INEC,security agencies and other stakeholders to ensure free, fair and credible election in November, to enable them pick a governor of their choice