Kogi State Government in his characteristic manner of squandering the state resources and putting self-serving interest above the general well being of her citizens sponsored well paid non indigenous workers on pilgrimage.
Kelechi Okoro, one of the non indigene and also one of the well paid State worker whose salaries has been paid till date is one of those sponsored at the expense of the state and other unpaid workers.
The self-acclaimed Government House medical Doctor who has been feeding fat on the collective patrimony of the state was sighted among many other non indigenes who made the list.
Months back, the same Kelechi Okoro received bashing from Kogites when she publicly described Kogites as being not intelligent enough to handle the government social media advocacy job. She openly praised the State government for chunking out millions of Naira to organize seminar for non indigenous social media influencers brought in from Lagos despite owing over 17months salaries. The recruited social media influencers are expected to help redeem the battered image of the government.
The government has also been advised to make public the names of those who made the 2017 Pilgrimage and how much of the state resources is involved.
It's no more news that in 2015, Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State saved over N221m for refusing to spend on pilgrimage but rather saved the resources to be able to attend to other pressing issues such as qualitative education and health care.
Recently the Kogi State Government imprudently emulated the same Kaduna State to conduct competency test for teachers but could not emulate the state in cutting down government expenses to be able to attend to pressing issues such payment of workers salaries.
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