From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Wada
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the Nov. 16 Governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada has promised to review the staff verification conducted by Governor Yahaya Bello in order to weed out lots of injustices associated with the exercise if elected.
Wada also promised to review the screening of pensioners and local government workers with a view to ensure justice, saying that pensioners were not supposed to be afflicted with suffering at old age.
A statement issued in Lokoja at the weekend by the Musa Wada Campaign Organisation said that the candidate made the promise while addressing rallies at Ankpa, Okpo and Abejukolo.
He described the screening exercise as lacking human face, saying that it had led to untimely death of many civil servants, pensioners and their relations.
” The endless screening exercise will be reviewed as many workers and pensioners were deliberately screened out at all levels,” the statement signed by Mr Austin Okahi, a member of the media committee of the organisation said Wada also decried non payment of workers salary at the state and local government levels, describing the development as dangerous for the state economy.
The candidate also condemned the deplorable state of roads in Abejukolo , Ankpa and Abejukolo, promising to rebuild them if elected as governor
Wada chided Gov.Yahaya Bello for embarking on “window dressing – development ,rather than genuine ones that will transform the lives of the people ” few days before election .
He warned the people of Olamaboro Local Government not to be deceived by the recent political aberration which made the area to produce the new deputy governor.
The candidate explained that indigenes of the state irrespective of tribe and religion had rights to ascend to any top political offices without any condition attached.
At Ankpa , Wada expressed shock that the ancient town known for its boisterous economic activities had become a ghost town due to rots in public infrastructure.
The candidate, however, urged the people to remain focus in their believe for PDP and be ready to protect their votes on Nov. 16.
