PDP Ex-Councilors chide APC over workers sack in Kogi, Kaduna States
Former Councilors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under the
platform of National PDP Ex-Councilors Forum have berated the All
Progressives Congress (APC) governments, especially in Kogi and Kaduna
States for throwing workers out of jobs instead of creating
employments as promised by the party.
The PDP Councilors described the sack of 1,774 workers by the Kogi
State government and over 22,000 teachers by the Kaduna State
government as wicked, calling the APC leaders to prevail on its
governors to stop inflicting pains on Nigerians.
In a release issued on Monday, by the National Publicity Secretary,
Hon Sunday Ojosu, the former councilors sad it was that the APC
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello choose to sack 1,774 and
compulsorily retire eight Permanent secretaries, some Directors as a
New Year gift to the people of the State.
“It is sad to note that a party that rode to power by running fake
electioneering campaign promises to Nigeria citizens including
mouthwatering three million jobs per year has now turned its back on
its citizens by sacking workers at will.
“It started last November with the Kaduna state governor sacking over
30,000 workers including Teachers and Local government workers under
different pretexts.
“Thousands of jobs have been lost by Nigeria citizen in the banking
sector by downsizing and sacking of worker and many other jobs loss in
the private sector thru company folding up and relocations due to
economic recessions and hardship caused by bad government policies.
“Despite loss of jobs by the masses in private and public sectors, we
are aware of the secret employments going on in some of national
agencies like Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue
Services FIRS, Public Complaint Commission (PCC) and others thru a
mandate from the presidency to compensate APC politicians and their
family.
“We want to say at this point that President Muhammadu Buhari should
call his governors and appointees to order to rescind from their
wickedness and stop adding to the suffering of Nigeria masses thru
their selfishness and faceless administrative policies to reduce the
rate of job loss and impoverishing Nigerians.
“We advise that If Buhari and his party APC cannot keep to their 2015
electioneering campaign promises of 3 million jobs per year which they
have already failed with evidence from loss of millions of job within
their two years in office, they should at least not destroy the
legacies that PDP has laid down during their tenure to put smiles on
the Nigerian faces.”
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