Kogi; Lugard House On Fire,As Top Government Functionaries Bickers At Each Other Over The Leaked Document About The 12 Billion Naira Loan

The Governors Chief Staff Edward Onoja,Finance Commissioner,Taufiq Ashiru,Accountant General Kogi State,Tackles Each Other Over Leakage Of Official Secrets To Cables

The Centre Can No Longer Hold

Uneasy calm and bitter power play has enveloped the seat of government in lokoja‎ over the divulge of backyard business deal between the governor and the speaker,Kogi state house of assembly’s approval of 12 billion naira consortium loan from banks to the state government

The power game players at the centre stage include the Almighty and all round Chief of staff to the governor,Chief Edward Onoja,Commissioner for finance,Gbenga Ashiru and ‎Accountant general of kogi state who were hitherto,partners in kogi shortchange project powered by the governor,Alhaji Yahaya Bello

Accusing fingers and tongues continue to wag on the release of official secrets to the cables news on a secret known by these set of new kogi mafia,who were bent to milk the state dry through loans and advances from commercial banks

Greed and personal interest along with power play continue to manifest as the COS who is an appointee of the governor with clear mandate of managing administrative apparatus now take pleasure of handling down instructions both to the commissioner,a member of the state executive council and the AG,primarily saddled with dispensing and management of government funds

On the part of the commissioner for finance,who insisted not making public the secret deal of assessing 12 billion naira deal illegally,it has become obvious that kogi in the last three years was plunged into heavy burden of borrowings to the detriment of the generalty of the people and to the advantage of few cabals in lugard house who indulge in carting away state funds in raw cash to the seat of the nation,Abuja‎ or elsewhere

Underscoring the fact that a secret known by two people or more was no longer a secret,the cat was let out of the bag,hence generating accusations and counter accusations leading to unhealthy rivalry between the officers involved by pointing accusing fingers on each other

From a drowning and failed state like kogi‎,were capital flight interms of fund meant to administer the day to day administration of the state has been the other of the day,it is no longer news that the least responsibilities of government had been abandoned at the alter of greed,inordinate ambition,ostentatious display and overzealous tendencies that have rocked the boat of the state

The governor who was bitter on the release to public domain the highly secretive deal ‎expressed disappointment on the sad development,displaying utter dissatisfaction with some members of his kitchen cabinet whose intentions had embarrassed his goverment

‎The secret power play prevalent since the inception of this administration became prominent, when only one person want the control of both the political and financial structure of the state using others as stooges and rubber stamp

With general election few months away and the 3rd anniversary of the state less than six months,alot of drama,‎power play,accusations and counter accusations is expected to manifest for the last lap of the inhuman disposition of the current leadership in the state.

Source: Thenigeriatimes