The Ondo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko of plotting to use money meant to pay workers’ salaries to buy votes of the people in the upcoming governorship elections slated for November 26.
In a statement released by the Director of Media and Publicity of the party, Steve Otaloro on Sunday, April 17, the party stated the governor was saving money to spend for the coming elections which is one of the reasons the state owed workers salaries of four months.
The party further stated that Mimiko having lost the confidence of the people due to his poor administration planned to use the stockpiled workers’ salaries to curry votes during the election.
The APC, in the statement also added: “It is also sheer wickedness on the part of the government, who is owing workers, only to be seen busy making plans for his succession without showing sufficient concern for the plight of workers, let alone show commitment to pay them.”
However, the state Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, rebutted the allegations raised by the state APC.
He revealed that that the delay in the payment of workers’ salaries is as a result of the economic crunch in the country and further reminded the party that several other APC controlled states have been unable to pay their workers’ salaries too.
He said: “If their allegation is true, they should produce the evidence. Are Osun, Oyo and Ogun too stockpiling workers’ salaries for the purpose of election? It shows they don’t understand the current economic situation of the country.”
“This shows that the APC in Ondo State is confused by saying we are stockpiling workers’ salaries for election purposes. The APC should cover their faces (hang heads) in shame for their ineptitude, for the untold hardship they have put Nigerians through.”
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