The Benue State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved the sum of N75.8million for the renovation of the Governor’s Lodge in Makurdi, Daily Post reports.
This comes weeks after an outcry by the state government of an alleged N115Million debt left behind by the immediate past administration of Governor Gabriel Suswam.
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state
Speaking at a media briefing after the Exco meeting in Makurdi, Ode Agih, the commissioner for information in Benue state said, the renovation is aimed at giving comforts to the incumbent governor Samuel Ortom.
According to Agih, it had become imperative to renovate the lodge in order to make it habitable for Governor Ortom to occupy and put an end to his continuous stay at his private residence.
Agih said the Exco also gave approval for an 11-man committee to prepare grounds for hosting of prominent sons and daughters of the state, as well as organise a special honour in respect of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu, the second civilian Governor of Benue state.
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Meanwhile, former governor Suswam has alleged that the present government of Samuel Ortom collected loans for the purpose of paying workers’ salaries yet but failed to do so.
Suswam expressed his readiness to be probed by the present administration but claimed that present government took loans to pay salaries but till date, the sole purpose of the loans has not been achieved. Yet, fictitious figures has been released to justify the over bloated wage bill as previously published.
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State Govt Approves N75.8M For Renovation Of Gov’s Lodge Despite N115M Debt Outcry
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