Omoyele Sowore, a renowned human rights activist, has described Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State as the “most expensive ghost worker” in the country.
Mr Sowore, who spoke on Saturday at a town hall meeting in Akure, the capital city, to demand the resignation of the ailing governor, criticised how Mr Akeredolu clung to power despite his health challenges and continued to receive security votes outside the state.
“Governor Akeredolu is the most expensive ghost worker in Nigeria as of now because he spent N7.9 billion on security votes for the period he was not at work. Is that not a ghost worker?
“Even in his right sense, he (Akeredolu) wouldn’t have accepted that somebody is getting paid for not working and the people that are even working in Ondo state, he’s not paying them. Why is he now paying himself when he is not working? So, it doesn’t make sense,” Mr Sowore said at the gathering attended by activists and members of civil society organisations.
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