Sack Of Public Servants: PDP Lashes Gov Okpobholo

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  has strongly condemned the spate of retrenchment that  characterized the first two days in office of Governor Monday  Okpobholo.

The Source reports that the newly inaugurated All Progressive Congress, APC-led adminstration, on Wednesday, sacked many people public servants.

The Government alleged that they were illegally recruited at the last minute by the out gone administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

A few days to its inauguration, the new administration had raised an alarm concerning last minute recruitments, particularly political aides being converted to full civil servants by the immediate past Government.

But reacting to the retrenchment exercise, the PDP spokesperson Chris Osa Nehikhare, in statement on Thursday, November 14, 2024, described Governor Okpobholo’s action as callous, reckless and unjust.

The PDP noted that the unfortunate development has plunged many households in the State into  a state of uncertainty and despondency.

According to the Party, the retrenchment  exercise is a stark reminder of the impending troubling times that await the people under the new APC-led adminstration in the State.

The PDP spokesman expressed regret that such inhuman action from an APC Governor is coming on the heels of the excruciating hardship already visited on the people by a central Government equally led by the APC.

” This is totally condemnable and unacceptable. How can a Governor begin to sack workers in the State barely 24 hours after he was sworn in ?

“This  callous and rash action of the Governor is a direct assault on workers and the people of the State and we condemn it in its entirety.

“It is reminiscent of the dark days of the military when after they illegally took over power, they began to sack and dismiss civil and public servants, using such words as: ‘with immediate effect’

“Could this just be the beginning of the harsh and inhuman policies and decisions we are to see under the new administration of Monday Okpopholo ?.

“Is this a sad tale sign of what the Government portends for the people of Edo state? If this is how the Governor began his first day in office, what hope do we have for the months ahead?

“How can a Governor kick off his administration by throwing families into hardship? This is the height of wickedness and insensitive and does not bode well for our state” the PDP noted .

According to the statement, the PDP is however not all that surprised at the actions of Governor  Okpobholo as it is in tandem with the wider suffocating policies of the APC led Federal Government.