Sacking of non-indigenes by Abia govt unpatriotic ''Imo govt

THE Imo State government has described the sacking of non-indigenes by the Abia State government from its payroll as unpatriotic and callous.The Imo State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jerry Okoli, made the statement while addressing newsmen at the end of a Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) with chairmen of the 27 local government areas in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Monday.According to him, the action of the Abia State government for disengaging those civil servants from other states in Nigeria from their payroll was very embarrassing to the people of the South-East.He said that Imo State government would not resort to sacking Abia State indigenes in the public service.Chief Okoli, who was the Imo State chairman of JAAC, explained that the Imo State indigenes who were affected in the said exercise would be reabsorbed into state civil service. He urged the affected workers not to panic because the Rochas Okorocha-led government would come to thir rescue promptly.The Nigerian Tribune correspondent, who covered the JAAC meeting in Owerri, reported that N3.6 billion was shared among the 27 local government areas of the state after deduction for the month of August 2011.
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