The kogi state APC threatens to remove Yahaya Bello as governor, says he squandered over N230bn within 1 year

The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello might be up
for a fresh trouble, as the leadership of his party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has made weighty allegations of
financial recklessness and piloting a non-inclusive government
on the young Governor.
At a Press Briefing held in Abuja on Friday, the party also gave
an ultimatum of 4 weeks, for the Governor to pay up all
outstanding entitlements of civil servants and pensioners from
the N30bn bailout fund currently available to the state.
The party accused the governor of running a government that is bereaved
of transparency, accountability and justifiable financial
conducts.
“The responsibility of any responsive leader is to be
transparent, accountable and justifiable in its financial
conducts.
“Governor Yahaya in defiant to this standard rule of good
governance has never deemed it necessary to render public
public account since his assumption of office. All the other
Governors that just spent one year in office accounted for
their stewardship nationwide.
“This has led to gross public financial failure and reckless
spending by the government, as we have it on record that
Governor Bello has wasted and lavished over N230bn in one
year.
“This
represents thirteen months Federal Allocations to the state;
N10bn infrastructural development funds, N30bn bailout fund,
over N11bn Paris Club excess refund. We also have the N16bn
refunded for federal government roads built by the past
administration of Alh. Ibrahim Idris, N700m ecological fund.
“All these above exclude an average of N600m internally
generated revenue monthly,” the party said.
On the alleged failure to pay state workers and pensioners, the
party was furious with the Governor, stressing that such act
has made the people of Kogi to start disliking the APC.
“The political leaders of Kogi State and the APC stakeholders
have resolved unequivocally to give 4 weeks ultimatum to
Governor Yahaya Bello, to reconcile the ongoing staff audit in
the state with the realities on ground, pay our civil servants,
the pensioners and others,” APC said.
The
party
also
threatened “peaceful revolution” across the 21 LGAs of the
State,” should the governor refuse to do the needful within
the stipulated time.
Some of the posers the party wants the Governor to address
also include, the reason he “sacked medical Doctors in all the
public hospitals”; “why he has decided to run the affairs of the
state without the political party he claims to belong”; whether
it is “possible for a state like Kogi to function without
teachers in schools, ” among others.
The Press Briefing was attended by the only Kogi APC Senator
in the 8th Assembly, Dino Melaye, 5 former Senators, serving
and past House of Reps members of APC extraction and elders
of the party drawn from across the LGAs.
Others include the State Chairman of the party, Chief Haddy A.
Ametuo and 25 out of 35 state executive members, comprising
Vice Chairman, zonal Deputies Chairman, Women and Youths
leaders, state Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity Secretary and
others.
Also in attendance are 15 out of 21 LG Chairmen of the party,
including that of the Governor’s LG, Okenne and his women
leaders.