Since Kogi State is a secular state, as it is always expected of any egalitarian society, fairness and equity should be the watchword of public officials in handling especially those issues that bother the peaceful coexistence and unity of the people
Browsing: Governor Yahaya Bello
The House condemned the incident in a resolution to the state government on Wednesday in Lokoja
Faleke, who was answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday after a closed door meeting with the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, noted that the state’s party structure on which Bello rode to power is crumbling
The peaceful protest, which was held in Kabba, was led by the state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Taufiq Isah, who denounced Melaye and Faleke for working against the interest of the party
A statement issued by the spokesperson of KYAG, Abdullahi Danjuma, on Friday urged all Kogites to be abreast of the plans of the group to distabilize the state
The members of the State Executive Committee of the party, who stormed the National Assembly on Friday alongside other political gladiators in the State, led by Senator Dino Melaye, said the state had been in turmoil in the one year of Bello as governor
Sani, who represents Igalamela-Odolu constituency, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday that the committee was “a very faulty document only fit for the dustbin”
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance raised by Friday Sani (PDP-Igalamel-Odolu), in which he decried the declaration of a chunk of the civil workforce as “uncleared and therefore, ghosts”
They said this had brought untold hardship to workers as many were apprehensive of their fate in state service
Toluhi, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday, explained that some necessary rituals would still be made to nominate a new king
The workers, under the aegis of JAC of the tertiary institutions, said discussion between its leadership and the state government, led by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Folashade Ayoade, had broken down
I may not say much concerning not empowering the team that will fight quackery in your state because for now the state belongs to you. If you want to be remembered as a governor that is in support or against quackery that is up to you; all I am saying is that you should pay my colleagues in your state their legitimate salaries and allowances. These people deserve their due
He made the call in his 2017 New Year broadcast to people of the state in Osogbo
In a New Year message to the people, Wike prayed that 2017 would usher in “a new hope that the era of vindictiveness has ended and Rivers will be justly treated and accorded its fair share of development projects and attention by the Federal Government”
The Chairman of the Confluence team, Abdul Sule, said this in a statement
He and Bello participated in the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries conducted in August 2015
This is coming amid denials by Bello’s media team that the governors was ill
The Director-General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this in a statement in Lokoja, said Rabiu had been handed over to the Department of State Services for investigation and possible prosecution
The members of the Commission are Justice Wada Umar Rano (Chairman), Dr. Mohammed Aboki, Barrister Ameh Franklin Adejoh, Prof. Angela O. Okatahi, Chief J.O. Ajewole, Major General H.G. Aminu (rtd), and Fatima Ojochenemi Audu.
The statement also confirmed the appointment of Barrister Ajinomoh Pemida as the Secretary to the Commission, while J. B. Dauda will serve as Counsel to the Commission
The apex court panel of seven judges had unanimously dismissed the three appeals contesting the return of Governor Yahaya Bello of the APC