Abia Govt Opposes Report On Sack Of 10,000 Workers

A report that 10,000 government employees had been fired was denied by the Abia government.

Okey Kanu, the commissioner for information and culture, revealed this in a Wednesday conversation with journalists in Umuahia.

He declared, “The report on the firing of Abia employees by Gov. Alex Otti is fake and unfounded.”

The government, he claimed, had taken steps to address the problem of “ghost workers,” and as part of its effort to purge the civil service, names of these individuals had been deleted off the government’s payroll.

Some employees whose names came up during the government’s verification process as having been hired illegally were also impacted.

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“This group, comprises of those who were illegally employed from December 2022 up until March and April this year,” Kanu said.

He said that some of the civil servants that fall in this category had their appointment letters backdated.

“The employment of these individuals can be best described as surreptitious and a bait used to pile underserved pressure on the present administration, adding that no responsible government would allow such a situation to continue,” he said.

Kanu also said that there were no waivers applied in the employment of workers from December to April.

He said there are established processes for the employment of workers into the Civil Service in Abia.

He said that due process was not followed with regards to the employments and urged the people of Abia to disregard the fake story about the alleg sacking of 10’000 Abia workers.

Kanu said that the commitment of the state government to the welfare of the workers both those working now and the retired ones, remains unwavering, and further, reiterated the resolve of the government to pay all salaries and pension arrears.

 

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