Rice donation to Kogi civil servants is a cheap publicity stunt – Youths fire at Senate

-Youths in Kogi state condemn senate’s decision to donate 1,260 bags of rice to civil servants in the state.

-They described the action as an insult to the people and a way to earn cheap political points.

Aggrieved youths under the aegis of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Kogi chapter, on Thursday accused the Senate of playing politics with the fate of unpaid civil servants in the state.

Mr Oladele Nihi, NYCN Chairman on Thursday in Lokoja, described the donation as an insult to the entire Kogi state.

Nihi further wondered why Kogi state was singled out by the Senators and why it would decide to send such small quantity when the state had up to 9,000 civil servants affected by the non payment of salaries by the state government.

“We see these actions and reactions of the senators as unguided and a desperate move to toil with the collective sensibility of the good people of Kogi and not only the civil servants.

“It is being orchestrated by primordial instincts to paint Kogi in the dark light for cheap and selfish political gains. It is an insult on us.

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“Kogi might be feeling the brunt of the economic crisis that is currently bedeviling the whole country, but that does not mean a group of people with inordinate ambition should sit in Abuja and paint Kogi like a lia of some sort,’’ Nihi said.

He was of the opinion that the donation should have been made to all the 9,000 civil servants in the state and not just the 1,260 bags that was donated if it were truly done out of genuine concern.

“One would expect that the Senate which is the highest law making body in the country be more decorous and fair in attending to such matters as sensitive as this.

“We expect the distinguished senators to be non partisan and fair by sending delegation to verify the true state of things before playing to the gallery,’’ he added.

Nihi argued that those trying to mock Kogi civil servants “from their comfort zone in Abuja, are doing so to simply earn wings of egocentric and self-absorbed motives or acting a script.”

Recall that as reported by Naija News, the senate had donated 1,260 bags of rice to Kogi state civil servants in order to cushion the effect of the non payment of their salaries.