Bayelsa/Kogi 2019 Election
Wada promises To review Workers’ Screening In Kogi If Elected
The governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the November 16th election in Kogi State, Musa Wada has promised to review staff screening exercise conducted by the present All progressives Congress, APC, administration in the state.
Wada explained that the review of the exercise becomes imperative following the untold hardship the exercise brought to the people of the state
He said that he will also review the screening of pensioners and local government workers with a view to ensuring justice.
He asserted that pensioners were not supposed to be afflicted with suffering at old age.
Wada according to a statement on Friday, by the Musa Wada Campaign Organisation,d said the governorship hopeful made the promise during his campaign to Ankpa, Olamaboro and Ankpa local government areas.
He described the screening exercise as lacking human face, saying that it had led to the untimely death of many civil servants, pensioners and their relations.
“The endless screening exercise will be reviewed, as many workers and pensioners were deliberately screeend out at all levels,” the statement signed by Mr Austin Okhai, a member of the media committee of the organisation said.
He decried nonpayment of workers salary at the state and local government levels, describing the development as dangerous for the state economy.
He particularly sympathised with the local government workers across the state over nonpayment of their salaries for years running, describing the development as pathetic.
He condemned the deplorable state of roads in Abejukolo and Ankpa, promising to rebuild them if elected as governor.
Wada chided Governor Yahaya Bello for embarking on “window dressing development, rather than genuine ones that will transform the lives of the people,” few days before election.
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