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Gov Ayade has approved the appointments of 417 new aides including SA Groundnut oil factory.
Christian Ita, the governor’s special adviser on media and publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday.
He said the appointees include chairmen, members of boards of agencies, and special assistants.
According to him “There’s nothing wrong with that given that we’re building a groundnut oil factory. Besides it is the duty of government to create jobs for its citizens,” he said.
“The governor has said repeatedly that he only needs about 5 per cent of his appointees. So he deliberately creates this jobs to put food on the table so as to reduce social tension.”
In January 2020, the governor approved the appointment of 90 aides, bringing the total number of his aides to at least 517.