Governor Wada’s Visit: Kabba/Bunu Secretary Under Fire

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The crisis rocking Kabba/Bunu Local Government Council may continue to linger for sometime as the Councilors in the Council are set for another round of face off with the executive arm over the money claimed to have been expended for the ‘Thank You tour’ of the Executive Governor of Kogi State who visited the local government recently.

Crisis erupted when the councilors discovered that the allowance approved for their logistics during the Governor’s visit was deducted by the planning committee headed by the Secretary to the Local Government, Hon (Pastor) Lawrence Obayomi. Not comfortable with the ugly development, the Councilors unanimously agreed to set up an investigative panel to look into the allegations and other related issues.

According to an impeccable source, the workers of the council had petitioned the legislative arm alleging that the Planning Committee spent a whooping sum of sixteen million naira on the less five hours visit of the Governor to the area whereas they needed just 6.5million naira to pay 10% balance of their monthly 30% salary. They claimed that the chairman had continually declined their request on the issue.

As the investigative panel swing into action, the embattled Secretary became jittery as his hands may not be totally clean in the deal. As most of the planning committee members have continued to complain about his solo attitude during the program, noting that he virtually handled the entire program alone, so he should be made to answer questions.

The information further confirmed that the Secretary has made his first appearance before the investigative panel but could not answer all questions raised by the panel, pointing out that the Secretary of the Planning Committee is still working to compile the reports of the visit.

However, the embattled chairman who was just recovering from the shock of the suspension saga was not comfortable with the information filtering into his ears about the allegations. He decided to summon the Oke-ofin born technician turn politician to explain his role in the said allegations.

The source further revealed that the embattled chairman was shocked and furious about the discovery he made during a chat with the secretary, threatening to sack him from the office. The source further confirmed that a senior officer of the Local Government who is also a member of the planning committee confirmed some of the discrepancies noted during the program which resulted to public confrontational by the Secretary and the officer.

Information reaching our news desk confirmed that the outcome of the report of the panel might cause him his juicy job but he has continued to prevail on his boss and some other notable politicians within the community to intervene on his behalf.

It would be recalled that the National Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE), Kabba/Bunu Chapter had protested the non–payment of their monthly salaries and other related allowances for the past ten months. They staged a demonstration during the visit of the Governor which caused some ripples among the political office holders and the civil servants in the council, two days after which the legislative arm of the council suspended the Executive Chairman based on some allegations against the Otu born Primary school teacher turn politician. The allegation included, gross misconduct, maladministration, employment racketing, contract fixing, non-payment of allowances, etc.

Meanwhile, it is the outcome of the panel’s report that will reveal the actual amount spent for the Governor’s visit because information at our disposal confirmed that over six million naira is claimed to have been refunded. Democracy Newsline shall keep you update on the issue.

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