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The governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo has demanded for accountability of N5 cardinal approved by the Federal Government arsenic palliative to cushion the hardship connected civilian servants.
In a connection helium issued connected governmental developments up of the September 21 governorship predetermination successful Edo State and made disposable to DAILY POST connected Friday successful Abuja, Okpebholo described the announcement of caller minimum wage for civilian servants by politician Godwin Obaseki arsenic a deliberate distraction, insisting that determination are existent issues the politician should address.
The connection recalled that the medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had successful 2023, approved N5 cardinal for each State and the FCT to alteration them procure nutrient items for organisation to the mediocre successful their respective states and wage civilian servants a definite magnitude for six months.
He said, the minimum wage for workers is simply a “Greek Gift”, adding that the politician should explicate the whereabouts of N5 billion, which helium claimed Obaseki kept speech to prosecute the governorship predetermination successful September.
He said: “Governor Obaseki is really owing Edo civilian servants arrears of six months.
“Like different states, Edo got N5 cardinal from the national authorities to cushion the effects of substance subsidy removal. In FCT, civilian servants were paid further N35,000 for six months.
“Other States did the aforesaid happening and distributed palliatives to them. In Edo State, Governor Obaseki has been mute.
“No civilian servant got immoderate other wealth similar their counterparts successful different States. Let america statesman the speech from there.
“Obaseki should explicate to Edo civilian servants and Edo radical what helium did with the N5 billion. Nobody successful Edo State has gotten immoderate palliatives oregon currency transfers from the Edo State Government. What has Obaseki spent the wealth on?”
The APC governorship campaigner alleged that immense sums of wealth has been kept by the politician to bargain votes and prosecute the governorship election.
He said Edo State civilian servants should beryllium amended treated alternatively than a Greek acquisition to them to blackmail them into voting for a enactment that has failed.
The civilian servants, helium said, knew “Obaseki has failed connected each front.”
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