{"id":69846,"date":"2019-10-15T18:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69846"},"modified":"2019-10-15T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:05:05","slug":"pdp-urges-nass-to-channel-n10billion-presidential-fund-to-kogi-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-urges-nass-to-channel-n10billion-presidential-fund-to-kogi-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Urges NASS To Channel N10billion Presidential Fund to Kogi Workers\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nH V8djrc byY\">\n<div class=\"nH\">\n<div class=\"ha\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nH aHU\">\n<div class=\"nH hx\">\n<div class=\"nH\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"h7 ie nH oy8Mbf\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"listitem\" data-mt-item=\"mt-thread\">\n<div class=\"Bk\">\n<div class=\"G3 G2\">\n<div id=\":s7\">\n<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1647478674233163626\" data-legacy-message-id=\"16dd052020b2ff6a\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":qt\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":ob\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \">Insists Gov Bello Should Face Probe Over Squandered N700bn<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urges the National Assembly to invoke<br \/>\nits statutory powers and directly channel the N10.069 billion<br \/>\nPresidential funds for payment of salaries and pensions of suffering<br \/>\nKogi state workers.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan says &#8220;it is<br \/>\nscandalous that the Buhari Presidency, with its claims of transparency<br \/>\nand integrity, would seek to mislead the National Assembly by asserting<br \/>\nthat the fund is for projects done by the state government on behalf of<br \/>\nthe Federal Government, when in reality no one can point to any such<br \/>\nproject executed by Governor Yahaya Bello in the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PDP describes as endorsement of corruption and inexcusable injury<br \/>\nto the people of Kogi state, for President Muhammadu Buhari to seek to<br \/>\ndirect funds to Governor Yahaya Bello, for phantom projects, and neglect<br \/>\nthe Kogi workers many of whom are owed salaries and pension in arrears<br \/>\nof 36 months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such action by Mr. President further confirms that the All Progressives<br \/>\nCongress (APC) is directly in league with Governor Yahaya Bello to<br \/>\nstrangulate the people of Kogi state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PDP holds that if there are no intensions of pushing the fund to<br \/>\nGovernor Bello for anti-people purposes, the Presidency is challenged to<br \/>\nname and point to the particular project executed by Governor Bello as<br \/>\nwell as make the terms and payment agreements public for Nigerians to<br \/>\nsee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Buhari Presidency means well for Kogi state, it should reword<br \/>\nits request and put the interest of the masses ahead of all selfish and<br \/>\nparochial political considerations, particularly as the state approaches<br \/>\na critical election in which the people have made up their minds to vote<br \/>\nout Governor Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. President cannot claim to be unaware of the critical situation of<br \/>\nworkers in Kogi state. He cannot claim to be unaware that workers in<br \/>\nKogi state are being owed, in some cases up to 36 months, and that<br \/>\nretirees and seniors are dying over non payments of their pensions after<br \/>\ngiving the best of their lives in public service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PDP therefore urges President Buhari to resist attempts by his<br \/>\nhandlers and Governor Bello to drag his Presidency into this shameful<br \/>\nattempt to steal fund that ought to go to the suffering masses in Kogi<br \/>\nstate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, the party charges the legislature to be on the side of the<br \/>\npeople by applying its legislative instruments to commence an immediate<br \/>\ninvestigation into the alleged squandering of over N700 billion Kogi<br \/>\nstate funds by the Bello administration in the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PDP also calls on the people of Kogi state as well as financial<br \/>\nwatch organizations to be at alert, monitor all disbursement of funds to<br \/>\nKogi state and ensure that Governor Bello and the APC do not achieve<br \/>\ntheir aim of diverting the N10.069 billion for their selfish purposes.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insists Gov Bello Should Face Probe Over Squandered N700bn The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urges the National Assembly to invoke its statutory powers and directly channel the N10.069 billion Presidential&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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