Governors of the 36 states were said to have received N1billion from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to quench the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Governors were
also said to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World
Bank to receive a sum of N1.1billion for the same purpose.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi Statemade this revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels TV's Sunrise Daily.
According to Gov Bello, all the state governors have since received the N1billion from the Federal Government.
However, Yahaya Bello said he was the only state governor who refused to sign an MoU with the World Bank.
Asked
why he received the COVID-19 fund from the Federal Government despite
not believing in the virus, Bello said, “even though we did not have
COVID-19 in Kogi State, we are equally affected; because our economy was
equally affected and Federal Government released that fund to assist
every states and we cannot reject it.
He stated that he refused to sign the World Bank MoU because it was a one-sided agreement or document.
“Go
and check records. Kogi State is the only state that refused to sign
that document for N1.1bilion because I don't believe in COVID.
N500million has been disbursed, Kogi State did not receive and I refused
to receive and I rejected it," he said
The
Kogi Governor debunked allegations that his government hoarded the
CA-COVID relief packages in Lokoja or anywhere in the state as being
rumoured.
The allegations, he said, were to discredit state governors and the Federal Government.
From Opera News
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