PDP Accuses Gov. Bello Of Spending N2bn On Rally
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state of wasting N2 billion to organise an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally.
The party describe the event as a colossal waste of state’s frugal resources at a time it owed 22 months arrears in salaries and pensions.
The PDP disclosed this in a statement on Monday by its Director of Research and Documentation, Achadu Dickson.
Dickson said: “Spending a whopping N2 billion tax payers’ fund to organise a rally that is of no significance to the lives and well-being of Kogi people is disheartening and a glaring show of man’s inhumanity to man.
“We wonder why Governor Bello would dole out N750,000 per polling unit in mobilisation, while council administrators were also directed to mobilise 500 persons at N5,000 per person, when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has not announced the commencement of political activities.”
He said it was worrisome that a governor who was planning to sell off state assets to fund 2018 budget could hire a private jet for the APC National Chairman to attend “the cash-and-carry jamboree.”
