Abia PDP berates Governor Otti over sack of workers

    BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abia State Chapter has condemned in its entirety the approval of Governor Alex Otti to sack all staff employed in the state public service from January 2023 till date, with immediate effect.

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A statement signed by the PDP State Vice Chairman/Acting Publicity Secretary, Elder Abraham Amah, made available to Daily News Nigeria on Saturday, described the disengagement of the civil servants as “unconscionable and inconsiderate.”

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The statement reads:

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“The attention of the Abia PDP has been drawn to a memo from the office of the Abia State Head of Service, Lady Joy Maduka, addressed to all Commissioners, Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the governor and other key officers and heads of parastatals and agencies of Abia State government conveying the approval by Dr. Alex Otti to sack all staff employed in the Abia State public service from January 2023 till date, with immediate effect.

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“The Abia PDP condemns this unconscionable and inconsiderate sack of Abia civil servants in the strongest term, especially in this dire economic situation as this sack is one too many and it has become the stock in trade of Alex Otti to sack workers, albeit boastfully, since he  assumed office. The last time he boasted to have sacked 7000 workers from the Abia Civil Service.

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“We are worried that rather than open up the economy of the State to engage more people into the productive sector,  he is unleashing unemployment in the State and this has the potential to cause a spike in insecurity in the State, even as he has refused to disclose how he intends to spend the monetary and material components of the N5n palliative given to Abia and other States of the federation to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.

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“Abia PDP calls on Alex Otti to have a rethink of the mass sack and consider the adverse effects it would have on the affected families, most of whom have children and dependents who rely on them for survival.