Benue Assembly recommends indefinite suspension of sports marketing board chief

The Benue State House of Assembly has recommended the indefinite suspension of the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Sports Marketing and Lottery Board, Mr. Michael Upev, implicit allegations of corruption, maltreatment of office, and gross misconduct.

The determination was reached during a plenary presided implicit by the Speaker, Rt Hon. Alfred Emberga.

This followed a study by the House Standing Committee connected Finance, chaired by Hon. Dr. Mathew Damkor, connected its oversight functions of the board.

During their oversight visit, the committee members discovered that the Executive Secretary besides serves arsenic a advisor to the committee done the institution Upper Premier Service Limited.

He reportedly configured a outgo solution level that allows lone him entree to the backmost extremity and linked his company’s accounts arsenic receiving accounts, among different irregularities.

The House unanimously called for his indefinite suspension to alteration the State Government to restructure the committee for optimal performance.

Also during plenary, the Benue State Agency for International Cooperation and Development Bill was work for the 3rd clip and passed into law.

The measure was passed pursuing the study of the House Standing Committee connected Sustainable Development Goals ...