Kogites must think hard and deep before it is too late and we are all overwhelmed. For now, anyone who is against the malfeasance and decadence, and who is actively campaigning against the bad governance and endemic corruption in Lugard house is categorized as an enemy that must be deal with and if possible be silenced by all means yet the bitter truth must be told; some of us don’t owe anyone any apologies for pointing out the failings of the present administration in Lugard House as our loyalty is to our state, the Confluence state not to any strange leader or a particular cartel controlling the state. We, therefore admonish that other Kogites having the same mission need to remain vigilant.
The good people of Kogi state are losing their faith in “the leadership of Yahaya Bello” and the system had almost become unreliable as over 80% of Kogites no longer believe in you and if the mess already being created because of bad governance is not addressed urgently, kogi state would be in great trouble .
The rulers should understand the situation before it is too late and work towards instilling the faith that has been lost in the system. Today the Civil servants, pensioners, Business class and Farmers are struggling for dignity, genuine social justice; the opposition in the state are crying for freedom because whoever criticize you or oppose the government receives death threat, harassment and bully from the core supporters of the administration as journalists are not even spared from the venom of your machineries.
It is something Governor Bello must ponder, especially in view of the very large political cabinet of several commissioners, special advisers, senior special assistants and special assistants duplicating functions and offices.
While the state government claims that its large army of political appointees is not adequately catered for, Kogites wonder what informs such a massive duplication of political offices and engagement of myriad of aides to the governor at a time of financial difficulties. Does this not say something of Alh. Yahaya Bello’s capacity to govern?
Governor Bello will have a rough ride if he chooses to ignore paying public sector workers and if he continues to play with issues of governance, Kogites are smart and if Gov. Yahaya Bello thinks he can buy his way with money into second term we are watching closely because he may get a very bad deal.
Smart Agenda
Over 60% workforce in the state and local government have been sacked without paying them their entitlement, some of them are being owed over eleven months salaries,their pay slip and account details was included in the submission to the CBN by Wada government before the bailout fund was approved and instead of paying them now that their much anticipated money has been released, they are labeled ghost workers denied all their entitlements and even those that have been cleared by the screening committee received staggered payment of salaries others were victims of skipped allowances, months or grade levels. This unwarranted treatment of dedicated workers can only serve the purpose of further impoverishment of workers.
However, other Government activities specially hyped towards image laundering of Alhaji Bello and that of Edward Onoja have continue to enjoy funding without hinderance. With GYB Canvassers each ward coordinator is receiving the sum of Thirty Thousand monthly, a motorcycle, a bag of rice and recharge card money, members of the social media team are receiving their weekly stipends without pause just to promote Gov. Yahaya Bello on so the former Councillors received One million eight hundred thousand each because Bello sees them as useful to his second term ambition and the organizers of his occasion in Anyigba, GYB Kogi East inauguration were given millions to mobilise people to attend the occasion and five thousand were budgeted to be forwarded to those that came to stadium to grace the occasion.
Failed Leadership
Of course, the distance between beloved leader and despised failure is shorter than we think.
On 27 January 2016. Bello said “There is no greater evil than corruption, and nothing champions that more than impunity,”
“Let it be recorded today that future generation will not be given any reason to count this incoming administration among those who revelled in corruption and impunity. We will be different by the grace of God as he “pleaded to pay workers’ backlog salary and crush insecurity” There is need for broad understanding what lead to the 60% payment of salaries to the successful workers that received the clean bill of record from Governor Bello dreaded screening team despite receiving several intervention from the Federal Government after being kept for over ten months without payment in the name of screening, we have to be concerned about the welfare of the state and local government
– Austin Usman Okai
