Dino Melaye Pledges Justice For Sacked Kogi Workers

Senator Dino Melaye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 11, 2023 Kogi State governorship election, has promised to review cases of sacked workers in the state in the past seven years if elected as governor.

Melaye made the promise in Lokoja on Tuesday when some of the affected workers visited him.,

“When, by the grace of God, your will and the will of all our people, I am elected and sworn into office as your governor, I will revisit your cases and ensure that you get justice,” Melaye told the representatives of the sacked workers.

“The administration that I will lead, by the grace of God, will wear a human face. We are coming to work for the people, and in doing that, all the victims of the maladministration of the past seven years will get justice where they have been inhumanly treated.

“I’m aware of people who lost their lives and yet their families were not compensated; lecturers in our higher institutions that were summarily dismissed; staff in the state or local government employments that were relieved of their employment just because money was sent into their bank accounts by relatives or withdrawals were made from their salaries accounts outside of Kogi State. I assure you that you will get justice,” he said.

He said he would in the coming weeks make public the processes through which the “victims of dismissal and other ill-treatment” in the state public service will register their grievances for redress.