One Year Salary Arrears; Governor Yahaya Bello’s Security Aides Embark On Subtle Protests

•Domestic Staffers Not Left Out
Security agencies attached to Kogi state Governor,Alhaji Yahaya Bello has embark on subtle protests over the refusal to pay outstanding allowances in the last one year, OBSERVERS TIMES learnt.
Police,Road Safety,DSS,Traffic Warden and plain cloth police men as well as domestic staffs of Kogi governor had no access to their travelling and other allowances since August last year.
This is far from what is obtainable in the previous administrations of Alhaji Ibrahim Idris and Capt Idris Wada when payment are made as at when due weekly,monthly and from time to time,but not span for months.
It was revealed that during the immediate past administration of Capt Idris Wada,delayed payment of securtiy and domestic staffs allowance for just a month, led to threat to securtiy of lives of the governor and his wife,as the Police decline movement to and from Government House.
It was further revealed by the government house sources that allowances of the police and domestic staffs is released as at when due,but diverted by the Governor’s office without any reason.
Sources confirmed to OBSERVERS TIMES that the worst is even happening at the Governor’s wife office,as payment to domestic staff had been denied for more than three years,but diverted into personal accounts.
The Accountant general’s office in Kogi state stressed that payment of domestic staff and securtiy details of the Governor,his Deputy and their wives is always on the first line charge,as they are not oblige to speak about it.
As at press time,there is no arrangement or information about payment of the security agents and domestic staff attached to the Governor and his Deputy.
The Governor had insisted that his re-election was paramount as at last year, and after the election,he insisted the litigation process required more attention than paying the domestic Staffers.
Governor Yahaya Bello refusal to pay his immediate staff,may send wrong signals to other extended staffs of his office.
Attempt to reach the Chief Press Secretary to the government house failed as Malr Mohammed Onogwu mobile number is not reachable