{"id":287437,"date":"2023-09-06T08:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=287437"},"modified":"2023-09-06T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:59:03","slug":"abia-govt-dismisses-report-on-sack-of-10000-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/abia-govt-dismisses-report-on-sack-of-10000-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Govt dismisses report on sack of 10,000 workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Government removed names of ghost workers from the payroll<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Says Some workers whose names were thrown up during the verification embarked upon by government as illegally employed were affected too<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Abia Government has dismissed a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, made this known in an interview with news men in Umuahia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report on the sack of Abia workers by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/01\/abia-gov-otti-fires-workers-employed-since-december-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Alex Otti<\/a> is fake and unfounded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the government introduced certain measures to address the issue of ghost workers, adding that in line with its agenda to sanitise the civil service removed names of ghost workers from the payroll of the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome workers whose names were thrown up during the verification embarked upon by government as illegally employed were affected too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis group, comprises of those who were illegally employed from December 2022 up until March and April this year,\u201dKanu said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that some of the civil servants that fall in this category had their appointment letters backdated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu also said that there were no waivers applied in the employment of workers from December to April.<\/p>\n<p>He said there are established processes for the employment of workers into the Civil Service in Abia.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019000 Abia workers.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government removed names of ghost workers from the payroll Says Some workers whose names were thrown up during the verification embarked upon by government as illegally employed were affected too The Abia Government has dismissed a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants. 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