Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Wednesday refuted claims that the House of Assembly as well as the entire state were in crises.
Addressing State House correspondents after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Bello said the State House of Assembly was sitting and all legislative works were ongoing.
Bello’s remark follows a reports that the State House of Assembly has been in crises for the past three months due to leadership tussle.
The crisis was said to have assumed a new dimension as the complex was sealed by security operatives yesterday.
But Bello in his remark said, “My house is sitting and we have absolute peace in Kogi state, I am not aware of that. The National Assembly was supposed to have taken over, the state is absolutely in peace and the legislative activities are ongoing.
“I am the executive and the executive is functioning and we are doing the best we can, so legislature is their own business and they are on it.
“I have a speaker that is sitting right now. So I don’t know if there is any problem there,” he added
Stating that the state applied for the bailout funds, the governor said, “We applied for it and its under processing right now I have not gotten any bail-out yet.
“Well I think to the best of my knowledge, the last administration either did not go on with the process properly, we are now to trying to correct whatever was not done properly, so that we can access it for our people.”
Bello who called on people of the state to join him in fixing the state that has suffered for a long time, said, “This is not the time for political crisis. This is the time to work and I am here to work. I am not here to have any political fuss with anybody; whoever is ready should join me and let’s fix Kogi state.”
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