I am not owing Kogi workers ―Governor Bello

KOGI State governor, Yahaya Bello has said that the Confluence State under his leadership was not owing workers.

Governor Bello dropped the bombshell on Thursday while speaking with newsmen after a closed door meeting with the Prince Tony Mommoh led reconciliation committee, on the Kogi APC crisis.

Making clarification on the outstanding salary owed the workers, Governor Bello noted that the screening of workers was an ongoing process in the state and submitted that those who claimed that they were being owed were those yet to be cleared.

He said: “I will simply refer you to Kogi State website so you can get the fact from there: www.kogistate.gov.ng. You are going to see from there. Four months arrears owed by the previous administration have been cleared. ‘’Month by month, Kogi State has paid its workers salaries as workers are being cleared. Those that are not cleared surely cannot be paid. If you go to our website you will see month by month, Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA) and those that have not been cleared have reasons why they have not yet been cleared and that has been there. So, go and get your fact from there.’’

The governor also dismissed insinuation of crisis in the state chapter of the party.

“APC Kogi State is intact, strong and solidly behind me and I am here in the headquarters (Today) to discuss family matters and it went on very smoothly.

“I came to discuss the progress of our party and the administration and progress in Kogi State.

“The committee came and all of us in the state met before the committee and all discussed family matters and it went very well.”