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The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as laughable the excuse that it is owing workers in the state twenty four months salaries because it is servicing inherited debt from previous administration.
In a statement issued and signed by Achadu Dickson, Director Research and Documentation in Lokoja today, PDP lambasted the APC administration under Gov. Bello, described it as a sinking ship that is looking for every excuse to hide its shame and failures.
The PDP said the Capt Idris Wada administration handed over a state that was financially buoyant, with a debt profile of only N800million, to the present administration, lamented that in just two years of the APC administration the state is now indebted to the tune of N45billion.
While it is on record that Kogi State under Capt Wada was the least indebted state in Nigeria, little wonder under the APC led federal government administration it was to source N50billion as bailout, which the Bello administration got but wasted N20billion without paying the workers it was meant for.
The PDP says it remained proud that under its administration in the state all Kogi state workers got paid as at when due, lamented a situation where after sacking about 15000 workers in the state, Gov. Bello is still not able to pay salaries.
While noting that it is on record that the present administration squandered a N10billion loan it accessed even without the approval of the state assembly on account of the state workers, said Gov. Yahaya Bello is looking for excuses over his inability to pay salaries of workers who on daily basis are dieing by committing suicide, due to hunger, sicknesses, which could have been avoided if they had been paid.
While calling on the APC administration to either apologize for its failure having raped the state dry, the PDP says it is happy that Gov. Bello’s administration can point to about fifty water projects, hospitals, Schools, Kogi House, Kogi Hotels, the Confluence Park, and the completed Diagnostic Health Center it is repainting as some of the numerous projects it inherited.
The PDP says it make bold to challenge the APC administration to list projects it has initiated and completed in spite the several billions of Naira it has received, aside from a tale of corrupt enrichment by few persons in the administration which can be verified from personal properties in and around the state as well as in Abuja.
The PDP call on the present administration to remain silent if it has nothing worthy aside lies it can use in deceiving Kogi Citizenry as it’s time no doubt has come to an end as can be observed from the fractionalization within the party.
Finally, the PDP says it last administration is on record to have received averagely N2.5billion monthly, yet paid salaries of those the present administration described as ghosts.
“Unfortunately, after Gov. Bello’s sack, and with an average of N4.5billion monthly, outside several interventions as bailouts and loans, the administration is owing workers for twenty four months.”
The PDP notes therefore that if the present administration of Gov. Bello for reason of shame fails to apologise to Kogi people publicly, it would no doubt do so before the Creator, as a crime against the people of the state is certainly a crime against the Almighty Creator.
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