The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the N73,000 minimum wage approved by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as a “Greek gift.”
Over the weekend, the governor announced the new salary for workers in the state during his governorship campaign in Ondo City.
However, a statement signed by Ayo Fadaka, the Special Adviser Media and Publicity of the PDP Campaign Organisation, cautioned civil servants against being hoodwinked by Aiyedatiwa in voting for him.
The statement read, “It is disrespectful to announce the new minimum wage of dignified and decorous Ondo State workers on the podium of the electioneering, thereby politicising the welfare and well-being of the state civil service to gain undue political mileage in the forthcoming gubernatorial election slated for November 16.
“The teeming civil servants in Ondo State see this latest promise about a new minimum wage increment as another Greek gift to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the Ondo State civil service into voting for him.
“The timing is ill-conceived, and nobody is going to take him seriously because he has deceived the civil service once, and they won’t allow him to deceive them one more time – Once bitten, twice shy”
However, the governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Sunday Abire, said the announcement was not made to score political points.
“Aiyedatiwa will never say a thing he does not mean. He didn’t announce N73,000 as the minimum wage to score political points. To think that the PDP doesn’t know that there are apolitical procedures for implementing the minimum wage is a big shame.
“Ondo State workers are asking the PDP to heal itself already as they have started calculating their pay. It’s a year of increase for the workers of Ondo State. No controversy. Prosperity is here to stay with Governor Aiyedatiwa in the saddle,” the statement reads.
