The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada has said that he will review the workers screening exercise conducted by the incumbent governor, if elected.
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.
A statement issued in Lokoja, on Friday, by the Musa Wada Campaign Organisation, said that the candidate said these while addressing campaign rallies at Ankpa, Okpo and Abejukolo, all in the Kogi East Senatorial district.
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 non payment 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 non payment 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.
He warned the people of Olamaboro local government
not be carried away by the recent political abberation which made the area to produce the new deputy governor.
He explained that indigenes of the state irrespective of tribe or religion, had rights to ascend to any political office without any conditions attached.
“Remain supportive of the PDP, and jettison the new political sherrifs known for coercion and violence to achieve high political pedestal,” he told the people.
He charged the electorate in the state not to succumb to threats and intimidation from any quarters, saying that they should come out enmass to vote for him on election day.
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.
He promised to restore the lost glory of Ankpa, by creating more access roads and channelisation projects to control the lingering erosion problem that had made some areas to become swampy.
He urged the people to remain focused in their support for the PDP, and be ready to protect their votes on November 16.