The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi state, Engr. Musa Wada has vowed to review the screening exercise of workers conducted by the incumbent governor in order to correct the anomalies created by the exercise.
In a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday by the Musa Wada Campaign Organisation, it said the PDP candidate also promised to review the screening of pensioners and local government workers with a view to ensure justice, saying that pensioners were not supposed to be afflicted with suffering at old age.
The statement said the candidate made the promise while addressing rallies at Ankpa, Okpo and Abejukolo.
He described the screening exercise as lacking human face, adding that it had led to untimely death of many civil servants, pensioners and their relations.
“The endless screening exercise will be reviewed as many workers and pensioners were deliberately screened out at all levels,” the statement said.
Wada also decried nonpayment 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 nonpayment of their salary for years, describing the development as pathetic.
The candidate also condemned the deplorable state of roads in Abejukolo and Ankpa, promising to rebuild them if elected as governor
Wada berated Governor Yahaya Bello for embarking on “window dressing development, rather than genuine ones that will transform the lives of the people .
He warned the people of Olamaboro local government not be deceived by the recent political aberration which made the area to produce the new deputy governor.
He promised to restore the lost glory of Ankpa by creating more access roads and channel projects to control the lingering erosion problem that had made some areas to become swampy.
Wada however, urged the people to remain focus in their support for PDP and be ready to protect their votes on the day of election slated for November 16.
