The Group Managing Director of Energy Group, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, is also dreaming big; of becoming the governor of Ondo state, having picked a nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He has emerged as the first aspirant to pick the form.
He obtained the form from a factional National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
While picking the nomination form, Ibrahim promised that if he is elected, he would pay the arrears of the State’s workers salary within his first 100 days in office, describing any governor owing workers their salaries as lacking initiative.
“I will restructure the state in the area of capacity building, good innovation and by putting the right thing in the right place at the right time.
“I will pay the workers within the first day of my 100 days in office. Non-payment of salaries by state government is the failure of innovation of states by governors.
“It is when you are innovative that you will be able to pay salaries. Those (governors) who are owing are not efficient.
“I’m not owing any of my workers.”
However, information reaching us indicated that Ibrahim actually owes categories of workers in his companies several months’ salary arrears. This affects mainly the media arm of his companies, i.e. National Mirror and Newswatch magazine.
He recently shut down the Daily edition of Newswatch following agitation by the workers for their salary. Those who were told to go are yet to receive their outstanding salaries and entitlements. For those in the National Mirror and Newswatch magazine, he owes them before five months and 16 months’ salary. [myad]
