Benue gov. issues query to LG chairman over missing funds

chika ebuzor

September 10, 2015 6:17 AM

He only utilized N28 million of the N68m allocation for the month of July to pay workers’ salaries because he fell back to a payment voucher of 2011.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has issued a query to the Caretaker Chairman of Gwer Local Government Council, Mr. Godwin Uzuku, over missing funds, amounting to N4Om.

Vanguard Newspapers reports that the missing funds was part of the N68 million monthly allocation to the council.

Ortom said “When we got wind of what he did, we asked him of the balance of N40 million and he could not explain the where about of the money. I issued him a query which he answered."

Adding that “He only utilized N28 million of the N68m allocation for the month of July to pay workers’ salaries because he fell back to a payment voucher of 2011, when the N18,000 minimum wage was not being implemented."

“The matter has been referred to the Benue State House of Assembly, though we have also recommended sanctions because he could not provide answers to questions put before him and also completely disregarded our directives on the payment of salaries," the governor said.

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