Executive orders, gubernatorial directives, and major policy decisions issued during the 2016–2024 term — tracked from announcement through to real-world effect.
5
Total orders
1
Implemented
2
Partial
2
Reversed
Partial
The directive
Directed a staff screening exercise across the Kogi State civil service, including teaching staff.
Real-world effect
The screening exercise became directly linked to the salary-payment delays that produced the 8-to-39-month arrears controversy affecting over 7,000 teachers.
Partial
The directive
Directed the administration to organise its programme around Education, Health, Job Creation & Youth Empowerment, Infrastructure & Utilities, and Public Service & Pension Reforms.
Real-world effect
Became the administration's formal governance framework for its full tenure, later assessed by independent reviewers as a mixed record.
Implemented
The directive
Directed a cabinet reshuffle that sacked the Chief of Staff and Attorney General.
Real-world effect
Reshaped the top of the administration's cabinet structure ahead of the 2019 re-election period.
Reversed
The directive
Directed engagement of external tax consultants to boost Kogi Internal Revenue Service collections.
Real-world effect
The consultancy arrangement later became central to fraud-trial testimony alleging kickback-sharing between consultants and revenue officials.
Reversed
The directive
Following a Kogi State High Court order restraining the EFCC from arresting or harassing him, the administration's legal team directed continued resistance to EFCC arraignment attempts.
Real-world effect
The Court of Appeal later ordered Bello to present himself for arraignment on 20 August 2024, effectively overriding the earlier protective order, and he was subsequently arrested.