THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi state on Monday rejected the plan by the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to sell some “legacy projects” in the state to finance the 2018 budget. The party said the move was a selfish one from the governor to enrich his cronies and officials as the edifices would allegedly be sold to them. The PDP listed some of the projects to include Kogi liaison offices in Lagos and Kaduna, Kogi Hotels, Confluence beach hotel, confluence millennium park, the 12-storey Kogi house in Abuja and the confluence stadium, Lokoja. However, while rejecting the proposed sale, the party said, “The Kogi state chapter of PDP rejects the proposal in totality and warns Governor Bello to immediately perish the thought. She said the government decided to sell the non earning assets of the state as was done by the federal government during the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 05, 2018 13:30 UTC