A group known as ‘Got Your Back Nigeria’ has cautioned those peddling falsehood against the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello on salary payment, insisting that Kogi State tops the chart in servicing of local debts and was not owing salary.
In a statement by the leader of the group Professor Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia, expressed disappointment on people who had chosen falsehood against facts and figures, adding that “the truth is that the Government of Governor Yahaya Bello inherited a workers wage bill of over 50billion naira and at some point Kogi was owing over 24months of salary.”
“The Chief Executive Officer of the State not only has he been able to clear the over N50billion backlog of workers salary, he has reduced the local debts of the State more than most Governors have been able to do in their States. Indeed Kogi tops the chart in the servicing and reduction of local debts, which attests to the credence, the integrity, the competency and the capacity of the young man who superintends the State of Kogi”. The statement explained.
According to the statement, “the Kogi Governor was able to increase the internally generated revenue of the State from 300/400million naira to over 1.4billion naira, and he was also able to prudently and proficiently deploy the Federal Government Bailout funds to clear the backlog of salaries in Kogi State. Today, Kogi State is not owing to her workers.”
Security
“From Kogi being the State where bombs and IEDs were manufactured by Boko Haram before the Yahaya Bello administration, to Kogi being the second safest state in Nigeria under the Governor Yahaya Bello, GYB watch, what more attests to competency and capacity? Or have we forgotten that the primary responsibility of government is the safety of lives and property? On Security, GYB has done better than 95percent of the other Governors in Nigeria, which makes him the unassailable bride of the Youth O’clock fervency, and the lead choice for President come 2023.”
Gender based
“Do you know that Kogi is the most gender-sensitive State in Nigeria? Do you know that Kogi State has one of the most effective and functional rice mills in Nigeria? Do you know that from the Covid-19 stimulus package Kogi State is 60percent gone in building the biggest and the best health facility in the whole of West Africa? Do you know that Kogi State is not owing resident doctors even a week of salary? Do you know that Lokoja the capital of Kogi State is one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa? And do you know that the average age of the Kogi State cabinet is 42, GYB is, therefore, the most credible validation of the Youth O’clock fervency.”
The statement urged politicians to “verify, validate and interrogate the figures, for only the truth can prevail.
Dominica Nwabufo
