A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party from Adamawa, Dr. Umar Ardo has slated the recent appointments of special advisers, senior special assistants and Special assistants made by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
Ardo in a statement signed by him and forwarded to this medium said, he just sympathize with the poor masses of Adamawa State as a new set of leaches has been released into an already decadent regime in the name of political appointees.
Speaking further he said; “If you go through the list, you will see it is virtually the same group of people who always depend on the state treasury for their survival that have now been brought back to come and continue what they know best – take from the state treasury without adding any value to the state!”
“it is sad that at a time when government cannot pay civil servants national minimum wage with the excuse that there is no money; at a time when there is a global economic meltdown, when all governments across the globe are reducing sizes and profligacy; at a time when patriotic governments are sacrificing their salaries and allowances; at a time when the state government is depending on and indulging in debts and loans; this is the time Adamawa state government is making additional 65 political appointments in the state that have no value than to deplete the meager amounts in the state coffers,” Ardo asked.
“Rather than these useless appointments, the government would have served Adamawa people better if it had used the huge amounts to pay these ‘appointees without value’ to provide water to our people to at least drink, cook and wash their hands clean and keep save of the Coronavirus. This way it would have helped in the fight against the pandemic,” he said
Ardo in his statement said, “This is what I call the season of the locust. To save Adamawa State from total bankruptcy, the government must immediately revoke these useless appointments as they have no value to the state. At a difficult time like this, the government should be reducing its size not over bloating it with valueless political appointees.”
