Gov. Yahaya Bello sacks permanent secretaries,restores 15 chairmen sacked by his predecessor

The new Kogi state governor who was elected few weeks ago after the death of Abubakar Audu, governor, Yahaya Bello, gives compulsory retirement to permanent secretaries ,Accountant general and others

 Mr. Bello’s spokesperson, Kingsley Famwo,statement:

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“In the same vein, all Directors of Local Governments (DLG), all Treasurers of Local Governments, all Education Secretaries, all Cashiers to Local Governments in the state are to proceed on 30-days compulsory leave effective from tomorrow, February 16, 2016. “All affected persons are to handover to the staff next to them,” the statement said.


 A few days after his inauguration, Mr. Bello ordered the immediate reinstatement of all local government chairmen sacked by the past governor Idris Wada Mr. Idris Wada on November 24 sacked 15 local government chairmen in the state for defecting to All Progressives Congress, APC.