Omokri picks holes in Buhari’s move to secure N10bn refund to Kogi ahead of guber polls

Reno Omokri, the former aide to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan has slammed the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to secure the sum of N10 billion to Kogi State ahead of the November 16 governorship election.

Miffed by Buhari’sdecision, Omokri took to his Twitter page on Tuesday to question the decision to seek the approval of the Senate to refund the said sum to Kogi State, especially as a governorship election in the state is just around the corner.

Omokri wrote on Twitter; “Why does General @MBuhari want to pay Kogi N10.9 billion weeks to election? Why is Kogi special? Is it because they have an @OfficialAPCNg Governor? Why is he not paying attention to the @OfficialPDPNig state of Bayelsa? First Tradermoni, now this? Is this democracy?

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RIPPLES NIGERIA had reported that the Nigeria Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, had during a plenary on Tuesday revealed that President Buhari wrote a letter to the Senate, requesting the resolution of the National Assembly to refund N10.069 billion to Kogi state government to settle inherited debt.

According to the Senate President, Buhari, in the letter, said the said amount was a refund of money spent by the state on behalf of Federal government.

In the letter, Buhari said, the amount was expended on projects on behalf of the Federal government which he was seeking the refund through promissory notes and bonds.

The letter also explained that 23 other states with authorised expenditures on behalf of the Federal government have been previously refunded, noting that Kogi State would be refunded on prompt approval of the Parliament.

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