The Accord Party has rejected the Oyo State governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi's financial reward to some civil servants in the state, describing it as Greek gift.

The party's director of media, Prince Dotun Oyelade said in Ibadan on Thursday that it was designed to achieve narrow objective just like the so-called transformation agenda, the intention fell flat in the face of stark realities.

"With due respect to the long-suffering workers in Oyo State, they are more than worthy of such attention even if it bothers on the emotive and the next election is precisely a year away. But what rankles is the presumption by the governor that the people will take the bait exactly as he had planned it; for why would a man who is a famed bean counter (bean counter is the baleful description for stingy accountants or chief executives) suddenly open the taps and turn Father Christmas overnight," the party said.

According to Accord Party, in the first place, dolling out state money to a worker for dressing well is unserious given the gargantuan needs of workers whose minimum wages have not been paid, whose promotion have been stalled and whose 27.5% enhancement package is still not in their pockets.

It recalled that during the January 6 charade, Governor Ajimobi gave out N15.6m to civil servants ''who impressed him in the course of their duties''. Out of this amount N10m was handed those who were present at the occasion.

"Nothing can be more shoddy than that but then for a government that basks in quick fix solutions it cannot get any better. ''So those civil servants who work outside the secretariat or outside Ibadan, those who have legitimate and official reasons to be absent at the event or those who have genuine excuses to be somewhere else  are not entitled to share in the booty," it queried.

"Even the whole N15.6m shared among all civil servants will give each about N500. Asking the entire Water Corporation staff numbering 760 to share N5m for the kind of job they were quoted to have performed is gratuitous insult.

"In fact the money should be returned immediately. When the chips are really down it only shows the low esteem toiling workers are rated in the current administration," the party said. the Accord Party therefore advised Governor Ajimobi to try and separate governance from politics as much as possible, saying, "instead of meaningless and insulting display of grandeur that often seek to put down our people, he should concentrate on projects that give value to our children and enhance their  Wellbeing.