A
political pressure group, Kogi Renaissance Group, KRG, has warned
Governor Yahaya Bello not to turn the state into an emergency
Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp where the state civil servants
have become refugees in their own state owing to non-payment of backlog
of salaries of over five months and the insistence of the government
that civil servants, both at state and local government level to operate
unsolicited accounts with Access and Zenith Banks designated as salary
points for the Kogi state workforce.
Abdulhamid Nuhu, the spokesperson of the group, gave the warning during a media chat with select journalists in Lokoja.
Nuhu frowned against the
attitude of the present administration whom he alleged has turned the
state civil servants and local government to refugees in their own state
by subjecting them into operating unsolicited accounts with Access and
Zenith banks against the rules of engagement with backlog of salary
arrears of five months even after accessing funds from the federation
account and 20 billion naira bailout fund meant for the payment of
salaries of Kogi workers.
He
debunked the media reports going round the state that the three months
additional salaries of the workers is ready for disbursement. He
described the claims as blatant lies and usual media propaganda under
current administration to create uneasy calm in the state and an attempt
to break the rank and files of the state labour congress.
Nuhu insisted that Governor Yahaya
Bello has diverted the bail out fund because of the uncertainties
surrounding his ascension of the governorship seat, saying series of
protests from students union to civil servants and other pressure groups
is an indication that all is not well with the accounts of the state.
The
body advised stakeholders in the Kogi project to rise up to the
challenges of maladministration instituted since the inception of Yahaya
Bello’s administration, stating that their inactions does not mean well
for the welfare and development of the state.
He
challenged the civil society groups and non-governmental organisations
to show genuine concern towards the advancement of the state if truly
there have not been bought over by the present regime. He said their
silence fall short of expectations
The
body enjoined the state workforce to be magnanimous in their struggle
and display more patriotism out of frustration from the government of
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, saying the day of reckoning is near as they will
soon be liberated.
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