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Governorship aspirant under the platform of PDP in November election,Abubakar Ibrahim said it will be erroneous and misrepresentation of facts by the present adminstration, to allot 40 months arears of workers salaries and pensions to the previous adminstration
Abubakar Ibrahim bare his mind on 7.00 politics today on Channels television,saying that alone is enough to remove Governor Yahaya Bello if given the ticket in November
He sympathized with workers in the state who had suffered untold hardship through non salary payment,health challenges and several suicide attempt from the senior,intermediate workers in the state
Abubakar Ibrahim re-assured the people of kogi state,that a new dawn will herald the state in November,when he will be elected as governor of the state in November this year
He promised to re-organise the civil service, so as to make them more productive to the yearning and aspirations as well as expectations of the people of the state
Abubakar Ibrahim described the civil service as the engine room of the government,saying the neglect of the present adminstration of this veritable organ is unfortunate
He said PDP adminstration in the last 13 years stand out as friends of workers,having implemented the previous minimum wage,relativity both for serving and retired workers, including yearly leave grants
He challenged the present adminstration to show evidence of regular payment of workers salaries and pensions of retirees,more over yearly leave bonuses and allowances
Abubakar used the opportunity to detonate the impression that workers welfare was at a low ebb during the PDP adminstrations,saying the current situation leave much to be desired