Abia PDP Flays Mass Sack Of Civil Servants, Political Office Holders By Governor Otti

By Ayodele Oni

Abia State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the mass sack of political office holders in the administration of  Governor Alex Otti amounts to confusion and lack of proper administrative direction.

The Party stated that even the political office holders in the administration are jittery as they do not know the next person the Governor will send packing.

The PDP said that in the past two weeks, confusion has gripped the Otti Government, and it is running helter-skelter to patch its alleged propaganda and other pipes, which were burst by the superior PDP media machinery.

Elder Abraham Amah, Abia PDP Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary is of the view that with the ongoing sacking of both the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and the Commissioner for Health, an air of uncertainty has gripped the entire operatives of Otti’s Government because nobody knows where, and on whom, the axe would fall next.

He said that the PDP has reliable intelligence that many of Otti’s Commissioners and Aides were considering throwing in the towel before they are disgraced out of office as he did to their colleagues.

“A fortnight ago, Alex Otti suspended the Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Okoronkwo, on allegations of massive corruption in the Ministry and placed her under investigation.

“Last week, Alex Otti sacked his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, and replaced him with one Ukoha Njoku Ukoha.

“We had expected that Ukoha N. Ukoha would understand that his duty is to tell Abians and Nigerians how his Principal has delivered on his campaign promises and showcase his good works, if there are any, beyond re-asphalting roads done by the previous administration.”

Amah said that it is unfortunate that instead of complying with the suggestion above, Ukoha who is in a hurry to please his boss, made his first misstep in his first outing by continuing with the deja vu bashing of the PDP, which earned his Principal the bad reputation he was called to come and clean up.

“Our sympathy lies with the new CPS Ukoha because his fall would be more calamitous than that of his predecessor since he has failed to learn that his job is not to profile the PDP wrongly.

“As the fire in the Alex Otti media and propaganda team raged, the axe fell on Mrs Joy Maduka, former Head of Service, whom Alex Otti bypassed due process and promoted ahead of her superiors, as she was summarily dismissed and asked to proceed on compulsory retirement.”

Amah explained that having sacked all the Senior Directors and Permanent Secretaries who were trained with State resources prematurely, Otti is currently, allegedly, grappling with a shortage of trained manpower with whom to govern without the daily missteps that put him and his Government into ridicule.

“It was the same confusion and lack of direction that caused the Governor’s Chief Security Officer, CSO, to summon Civil Servants to his office, in utter defiance of Abia State Civil Rule, (CS) Rule 04102, which empowers only the Civil Service Commission to exercise disciplinary control over Abia Civil Servants.

“Presently, Alex Otti’s house is falling apart, and we advise him to come down from his high horse, swallow his pride, and recall those he sacked ignominiously so that they will help him in the good governance and administration of Abia State before the roof finally collapses on his head.

“The people he sacked were not Okezie Ikpeazu loyalists, not PDP members, but Abia Civil Servants, who ordinarily must be loyal to any Government in power, as they are loyal to him now. No time is too late to do the right thing.”