According to Reports from West African reporters (WAR), The Directors of Local Government (DLGs) in kogi state are alleged to have withdrawn N62 million each and handed it over to Mr. Yahaya Bello, the state Governor.

A senior local government official in the personnel department in one of the local governments in Kogi East, who also spoke to WEST AFRICA REPORTERS (WAR) in a telephone, say the DLGs told the bank they want to use the money to pay salaries.

He however said the bank honoured the cheque making it possible for each of the DLGs to withdrew N62 million.

Rather than use the money to pay salaries, they handed the sum of N1.3 billion over to Bello, the state Governor and refused to pay salaries.

Another senior official in the finance department, told the newspaper that his DLG had called a staff meeting to brief them on the situation.

He said the DLG told the workers that they can only get 50% salaries as against 100%. A situation the workers rejected and demanded they will rather get 100% payment of nothing.

Mr. James, who preferred only his first name mentioned, told the newspaper that local government workers are been owed 40 months salaries.

The newspaper had also earlier reported how a new generation bank had dishonoured cheques from the Kogi state DLGs on the ground that they have instruction from the federal government to honour only cheque that is meant to pay salaries.

A situation the state and the DLGs have allegedly connive and withdrew the money and handed same to the Governor. The Buhari administration through Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has granted Local Government financial autonomous. Making it possible for the council funds to be credited to them directly without passing through the state account.

This approach was address the state joint local government account that has over time posed a challenge in the development of local councils by the way the state Governors simply take the council funds and spent.

When WAR sought the explanation of kogi state government, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, the Director General – Media and Publicity to the Kogi state Governor, declined comment.
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if truly they are being owed then they should use their voters card wisely.

So many weird things in kogi. Especially about salaries

Lies lies lies from stupid and provocative fake news from so called WAR.