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Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, budgets millions for burials
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and his deputy, Simon Achuba, have allocated to themselves a total of N14million for staging burial ceremonies.
This is contained in the 2019 Appropriation Act of the state, a copy of which was sighted by PREMIUM TIMES.
It was however not clear whose burial the funds were allocated for as the subhead did not state further details.
Read more: PREMIUM TIMES, June 21, 2019
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