{"id":93191,"date":"2022-03-24T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93191"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:29:40","slug":"gov-lalong-approves-over-n73million-for-himself-wife-aides-for-dubai-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/gov-lalong-approves-over-n73million-for-himself-wife-aides-for-dubai-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Lalong approves over N73Million for himself, Wife, Aides for Dubai trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Ahead of the UAE Missions\/NGF Investment Meeting and the 11th Global Annual Meeting, Governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong has approved the sum of seventy-three million, six hundred and eighty-six thousand, three hundred and forty naira (N73,686,340) for the trip.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Governor, his wife and some aides are expected to be in Dubai for the meeting from March 27 to 31 according to sources available to Pointblanknews.com.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The budgeted amount which covers flight ticket for the Governor, his wife and some aides will see the governor have his medical check up in Dubai and then head to Atlanta, Georgia for another couple of days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The memo which was signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Danladi Abok Afu, had a sum of N19,658,158, earmarked for a first class return ticket flight for the governor and his wife and A whopping sum of N13 million was budgeted as estacode allowance for three commissioners and the Chairman of the Economic Council.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPart of the memo reads; \u201cAs proposed, the Governor and entourage will depart Nigeria for Dubai from 27-31 March 2022 for the Summit, then spend additional three (3) days (1st-3rd April, 2022) for medical check-up thereafter proceed to Atlanta, Georgia for a visit between 4-10 April 2022\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the foregoing, the Governor is invited to consider and approve the release of the sum of Seventy-Three Million Six Hundred and Eighty-Six Thousand, Three Hundred and Forty Naira (73,686,340.00) only as logistics for the trip.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe amount is to be charged from Head 022000700100, Sub-thread 2202105 (Leave &amp; Passages) of the approved budget, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials of the state government are yet to respond to this news making rounds.<\/p><\/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>Ahead of the UAE Missions\/NGF Investment Meeting and the 11th Global Annual Meeting, Governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong has approved the sum of seventy-three million, six hundred and eighty-six&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":63885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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