Sacked Uduaghan ‘Civil Servants’ Threaten Okowa

By Patrick Adamagu

OVER 3, 000 civil servants whom were employed by former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State in the last days of his administration, and subsequently sacked by his successor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, have threatened to shut down the state Government House, Asaba over their plight.

The workers, who were disengaged in June 2015, had stormed the State Government House, Asaba in protest with a vow that they should not only shutdown the Government House but all economic activities in the state capital if their plights are not looked into in the next one month.

The affected civil servants were employed at the twilight of the Uduaghan-led administration in 2014 and where disengaged in June 2015 following what the state government described as “irregularities in the recruitment process.”

In a protest letter made available to newsmen in Asaba, the aggrieved disengaged workers lamented that nothing has happened since April when they were re-screened and vowed to occupy the streets of Asaba, the state capital with their families if nothing is done at the expiration of a one-month ultimatum.

Obus Regha, spokesman of the group told newsmen on Wednesday that the state government had advertised for employment in the agriculture sector when their case was yet to be addressed.

While lamenting that the health condition of some of their colleagues has deteriorated, he said they were deceived in the build up to the 2019 election into supporting the re-election of Governor Okowa who promised to revisit the issue and possibly recall them.

He said: “We all attended the screening in April but till date nothing has been done. Yet, there has been advertisement for employment in the agricultural sector.

“With rumour going round that government plan to recall only 500 persons, we condemn such action and demand that all truly employed Deltans be recalled as we all work for His Excellency’s re-election.”

Addressing the protesters at the Government House gate, Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu assured that “government was still reviewing the process”, saying that report of the review committee has not be jettisoned.

Aniagwu said the governor is responsive and very much aware of the plight of the unemployed, adding that measures had been put in place to ensure that Deltans were gainfully engaged whether in private or public sector.

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