The Benue state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday condemned the sack of workers by Governor Hyacinth Alia, describing the directive as “unlawful, insensitive and callous.”
The party particularly expressed concern that all recent appointments into the state civil service made by the outgone administration from May 2022 to date were nullified by the governor with immediate effect.
Governor Alia had in the early hours of Wednesday through his Chief Press Secretary Tersoo Kula, issued a directive sacking all those appointed by the former Governor Samuel Ortom from May 2022 till date.
But reacting, the PDP in a press conference condemned the directive, saying the affected civil servants were given lawful appointments into the state civil service, having fulfilled all statutory requirements and until this directive were entitled to all the rights, privileges and protections guaranteed them under the labour laws of the state.
“PDP condemns in no uncertain terms this directive as unlawful, insensitive and callous.
“This is to say that loss of such rights, privileges and protections cannot be at the whim of anyone, no matter how highly placed, including the governor, but can only be for reasons prescribed under the same laws, which do not include the action taken by Governor Alia.
“Governor Alia, being a direct offshoot of the cruel and visionless Buhari regime, should be threading cautiously as Governor of Benue State so as not to aggravate the pains and sufferings inflicted on the people of the state by that regime,” PDP stated.
Sacking Benue workers unlawful, callous, PDP tells Alia
