Lokoja - The Chairman of Dekina
Local Government Area of Kogi,
Mohammed Ali, said those
defecting from PDP to APC should
not mistake the current silence of
the electorate for acceptance.
Ali, who gave this warning at a
news briefing in Lokoja on
Monday, stressed that the people
would definitely react at the
appropriate time.
Ali described the defection as
unfortunate. According to him, it
is unbelievable that those who
have benefited so much from PDP
could suddenly turn their backs on
it at this time.
On the state of local governments
in the state, Ali said the 23
councils were operating under
difficult situation.
He said the unresolved problem of
ghost workers and huge monthly
wage bills were responsible for the
development which makes it
impossible for the councils to
implement people-oriented
programmes.
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The chairman contended that the
way out was for the councils to
widen their revenue base and
remove all the ghost workers from
their pay rolls without further
delay.
He decried high wage bill of
workers, saying that the state’s
civil servants were the highest
paid in the north.
The chairman cited Ogori-
Magongo Local Government which
pays as much as N50 million per
month as workers salaries in spite
of being the smallest in the state.
- NAN
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