.........commend Governor Dickson
for payment of salaries, gratuities
The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has expressed dismayed at the continuous unpleasant attitude of the
All Progressive Congress (APC) led government at the center, accusing it of
side lining the state in federal appointments.
The party also frowned at the way and manner the
federal government has been managing the nation's economy which it noted is
responsible for the inability of many states to meet its salary and other
financial obligations to its workers and the state in general.
Chairman of the PDP in the State, Deacon Cleopas
Moses in a statement cited the recent list sent to the senate as Ambassador
nominees, saying no Bayelsa was among, a clear indication of the personal
grudge the APC led federal government has for the state.
Moses queried the action and reason behind the
decision, wondering if Bayelsa State does not have any career diplomat eligible
to become an Ambassador and blasted the once "noisy" Bayelsa APC for
partly being responsible for the development because of the pain of losing
woefully the last governorship election.
He recalled that Governor Seriake Dickson had raised
similar issue recently when he received the Head of Service of the Federation,
when he decried the absence of a Bayelsan as Permanent Secretary in the Federal
Civil Service.
The Bayelsa PDP chairman called on the state APC to
immediately apologize to Bayelsans for its role in the lopesideness, adding
that their self serving agenda which was also to embarrass former President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has also landed them and their leader, Chief Timipre
Sylva in uncertainty as they can only boast now of a junior minister.
The statement also appreciates the state government
for the utmost display of good faith in honoring the agreement it had with
labour leaders to pay fifty percent salaries of civil servants and pensioners
gratuities.
It equally commended
Bayelsans for the show of maturity and understanding and further urged them not
to relent in showing continuing support for the verification exercises going on
with a view to curbing pay-roll fraud while enjoining everyone to positively
look forward to better days ahead, and eschew attitudes inimical to the
government's efforts.
The Bayelsa state PDP in the same vein lauded the
restoration government under His Excellency, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson
for the decorous and orderly manner in which they have been conducting
themselves in this trying times.
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