Admin I Friday, 2 June 2023
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today announced the appointment of former governor of Benue State, Mr. George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.
He announced Akume, few hours after he announced Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff.
Tinubu introduced him as SGF after he paid him a visit at the Presidential villa in Aso Rock.
George Akume is in the eyes of the storm in Benue State.
In 2021, the Samuel Ortom Benue state government petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate Akume over alleged financial impropriety amounting to about N4,556,899,632.9 billion naira when he served as Governor of the state.
Other allegations against him include sale of 33,440,818 units of shares at the Benue Investment and Property Company, BIPC, also valued at billions of naira without recourse to due process.
The state government also claimed that the alleged financial crime was generated from an audit report spanning 1999 – 2007 during the tenure of Akume as the state governor.
