You Are Wicked, Insensitive And Irresponsible – Ize-Iyamu Blasts Oshiomhole
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has slammed the governor of the State, Adams Oshiomhole over his refusal to pay workers for 18 months, calling him wicked, insensitive and irresponsible.
In a statement issued by his campaign organization in reaction to a peaceful protest by local government workers over non-payment of their salaries, Ize-Iyamu said civil servants in the state were dying in hunger while the state government was allegedly doling out N120 million to female supporters of Governor Oshiomhole.
He wondered why a responsible government will spend the sum of N18m to enable the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Channels Television do a live coverage of his elections campaign while workers were starving.
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Ize-Iyamu also lamented on why Oshiomhole gave each local government council N18m anytime he went for campaigns.
He said, “It is only a wicked, insensitive and irresponsible governor that will deny the workers their salaries, especially when Oshiomhole just donated N120 million to some selected market women at the Dr. Osaigbovo Ogbemudia Staduim, Benin-City, thanking them for supporting his administration.
‘’How did he spend the $225 million loan he took from the World Bank, which he said would improve the investment climate and increase the internally generated revenue of the state?
‘’How can the governor justify the N18m he pays to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Channels Television at every rally for live coverage – when workers are being owned salaries?
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‘’Is it right and just for Oshiomhole to be giving each local government council N18m anytime he goes for campaign, spends millions of naira hiring touts and hoodlums and yet, the welfare of government workers means nothing to him?”
