Governor of Niger State Umaru Muhammed Bago has debunked news reports that his government banned alcohol in Suleja and eight other local governments for sharing boundaries with suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Bago in a statement said the story as a figment of the imagination of mischief makers in the state.
It would be recalled that a purported secretary of the state’s Liquor and Licencing Board, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed claimed that the ban of alcohol takes immediate effect on Monday in Suleja and eight other local governments sharing blurred boundaries with suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Bago denied the existence of such a board, noting that they have been dissolved a long time ago adding whoever was claiming to be its secretary was an impostor and on his own.
The Governor said at no time he authorized such directive.
“The board in question has not been constituted as we speak, it was dissolved long time ago and we are yet to constitute another board,” he said.
“The so called official cannot speak on behalf of the state government. He is unknown to the state government. The state government did not authorize the ban of alcohol.
“I hereby urge the citizenry irrespective of their religious and ethnic leanings to go about their businesses without let or hindrances.”
