Ahead of the upcoming governorship election in Ondo state, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state at the weekend described as hypocrisy the reported ban on civil by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu from participating in political campaigns.
Governor Akeredolu last week, while speaking at a prayer to mark the first working day of the new year in the state warned civil servants against wearing Campaign T-shirts adorning his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
” I don’t want any civil servant to wear endorsement T-shirt for me. Civil servants should not be involved in politics,” he warned
But, the Ondo state Director of Media & Publicity of the PDP, Zadok Akintoye in a statement issued on Sunday,in Akure described the directive by the governor as a direct show of the insincerity of the APC-led government, adding that it remains nothing but a true reflection of hypocrisy.
According to Akintoye, “lt is on record that several pressure groups campaigning for the re election bid of the governor are not only promoted by top civil servants under the watch of this government, but are largely financed through funding from this government.”
Continuing, he noted that “the Governor has through several means endorsed what he now seeks to openly distance himself from through his deliberate policies of promoting nepotism in the public service, thus forcing civil servants to either tow his line of support or be denied their rights.
“We, therefore, ask the Governor to disband all his support groups with known civil servants actively involved in promoting his second term ambition, if indeed he is sincere in this call.
“Our party wishes to remind Ondo state citizens that this government has not only brought more systemic injustices into the service but remains insincere and untruthful in its directive.” Akintoye said .
