COVID-19: Governors received N1billion each from Buhari, N1.1billion from World Bank - Yahaya Bello | WATCH VIDEO
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Oct 27, 2020
Governors of the 36 states were said to have received N1billion each from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State made this revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels TV's Sunrise Daily.
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According to Gov Bello, all the state governors have since received the N1billion from the Federal Government.
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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 state and we cannot reject it.ÔÇØ
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He stated that he refused to sign the World Bank MoU because it was a one-sided agreement or document.
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"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,ÔÇØ he said
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The Kogi Governor debunked allegations that his government hoarded the CA-COVID relief packages in Lokoja or anywhere in the State as being rumoured.
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The allegations, he said, were to discredit state governors and the Federal Government.
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