Benue Assembly Receives 220 Petitions

The chairman of the Committee on Public
Petitions, Bills Review and Appraisal of the
Benue State House of Assembly, Kester Ikyenge,
has disclosed that his committee has received a
total of 220 petitions bordering on non-payment
of salaries as a result of the mismanagement of
the bailout funds.
Ikyenge also said that the over N86 million
released to the leadership of the assembly for
the purchase of computers for the biometric
exercise in the state were not utilised for the
purpose.
According to him, it was not part of the
functions of the house to carry out biometric
exercise.
The committee chairman, who represents Logo
State Constituency at the assembly, while
briefing his constituents at Anyiin in Logo Local
Government Area of the state, at the weekend,
to mark his one year in office, said the
legislature had no business embarking on an
exercise which it was not trained to carry out.
Ikyenge told members of his constituency that
his office at the assembly, which is in a
dilapidated state, was flooded with pensioners
and local government staff over salaries and
pension matters.
He added that he was being victimised for the
stand he took on the shameful manner the
house leadership handled the controversial
N750 million used for the purchase of cars.
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