{"id":36688,"date":"2020-10-27T08:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T08:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688"},"modified":"2020-10-27T08:18:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T08:18:53","slug":"why-kogi-rejected-world-banks-n1bn-covid-19-support-fund-gov-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688","title":{"rendered":"Why Kogi rejected World Bank\u2019s N1bn COVID-19 support fund \u2014Gov Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Yahaya-Bello.jpg\" alt=\"Kogi governor sacks 21 local councils\u2019 administrators\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has offered reasons why he rejected a N1.1billion support fund from the World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking Tuesday while fielding questions on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Bello said he turned down the World Bank fund because he did not believe in the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI rejected the World Bank fund because I do not believe in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>. Even the five cases reported in Kogi State is an NCDC creation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cI refused to sign because it is a one-sided agreement.\u201d Bello did not provide any clarifications on what he meant by a one-side agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/breaking-gov-yahaya-bello-consolidates-as-appeal-court-dismisses-suits-filed-by-app-dpp\/\">Yahaya Bello<\/a>&nbsp;was on Channels Television to provide answers to why some facilities housing COVID-19 palliatives were looted in Kogi State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has offered reasons why he rejected a N1.1billion support fund from the World Bank. Speaking Tuesday while fielding questions on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Bello said he turned down the World Bank fund because he did not believe in the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cI rejected the World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,35],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Kogi rejected World Bank\u2019s N1bn COVID-19 support fund \u2014Gov Bello &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Why Kogi rejected World Bank\u2019s N1bn COVID-19 support fund \u2014Gov Bello\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Kogi rejected World Bank\u2019s N1bn COVID-19 support fund \u2014Gov Bello &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36688#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why Kogi rejected World Bank\u2019s N1bn COVID-19 support fund \u2014Gov Bello"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=35\" rel=\"category\">Finance<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has offered reasons why he rejected a N1.1billion support fund from the World Bank. 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