The 2023 House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Austin Okai, on Saturday, cautioned workers in the state against praising Governor Usman Ododo over salary payment.
Okai said salary is the right of workers because they earned it through work.
Kogi State civil servants recently shared their excitement for receiving their October salaries which reflected the newly approved minimum wage of ₦72,500.
Sunday Baba, a Director of Civil Engineering in the Ministry of Works, had expressed his gratitude towards the administration of Ododo for this significant development, describing Ododo’s leadership as a divine intervention for the betterment of humanity.
Baba had claimed that with this positive change, Kogi civil servants would continue to show their unwavering support for Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s administration.
However, chatting with DAILY POST, Okai said: “Kogi workers, you have earned your salary through your hard work and dedication and you have every right to receive it without needing to thank the government.
“Stop praising the government for the payment of salary, other people are looking at us somehow, they are looking at us as if we are not part of this world.
“We are appearing funny, I am aware Bello was stealing and looting the worker’s salary, today he is hidden in a hole in the government house, Gov. Ododo knows the implications.”
Kogi: Stop praising Ododo, salary is your right – PDP chieftain, Okai to workers
