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Inherited problems
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Partial progress
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Partial progress
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The problem
Bello said any salary arrears his administration owed were backlog left by the immediate past administration.
What was done
Independent reporting found predecessor Idris Wada left only two months of arrears at handover in January 2016, contradicting the scale of the 8-to-39-month backlog later attributed to inheritance.
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The problem
Kogi entered the administration with heavy reliance on FAAC federal allocations rather than internally generated revenue.
What was done
IGR grew to a cumulative ₦108.09 billion collected over the tenure, but the state remained heavily FAAC-dependent throughout, and by 2023 nearly three-quarters of revenue was consumed by debt service.