At the backdrop of non payment of workers’ salaries for close to 8 months that degenerated into protest across Kogi State last week, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Goodman Akwu has described as ‘cock and bull story’, Wada’s explanations that Kogi State was yet to receive its part of the bailout funds.

In a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday and made available to DAILY POST, Akwu emphasized that it was a misnomer and crime against humanity for not paying staff salaries as at when due, despite the fact that allocation from the federation account was being released as at when due.

“It is better imagined than said for the State to owe workers, and this is obviously a crime against humanity, much more that there has been regular release of federal allocation”, Akwu submitted.

He further added that Kogi State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Alhaji Alfa Zakari should stop defending the governor but advise him on the inherent rights of workers in their salary accruals, noting that every employee has a contractual relationship to a large extent, which must be respected.

“Kogi State Commissioner for Finance and Economic development should stop defending his boss and advise him on the rights of workers when it comes to their salarie,” he said.

The statement added that the rot of infrastructures in the State under governor Idris Wada calls for serious concern on what has happened to Trillions of Naira released from the federation account to the state in the last 3 years of his administration.

“It calls for bewilderment of the endemic rot of infrastructures and one tends to ask, where are the Trillions from the federation accrued the state in the last three and half years of Wada’s administration?” he asked.

According to him, the last economic index from the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that Kogi State was among the poorest States in Nigeria and this should be the reason the state should be refocused by consciously developing economic blueprint that would trigger employment and generate revenue internally to complement whatever comes in from the Federal government on monthly basis.

“The last economic index from the Central Bank of Nigeria is there for all to see and you will discover that Kogi State is one of poorest states in Nigeria, to me, this should be the reason we must develop economic blueprint to generate revenue and create employment,” the statement said.