The immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu says his attention has been drawn to what he called yet another very reckless statement made by the administration of Governor Alex Otti.
“In what has become a dangerous obsession, the Otti administration has become incurably unable to do anything without looking for any possible means to blame the Ikpeazu administration, even for things that make absolutely no sense”, spokesman of the former Governor Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka said in a statement.
He said the latest ploy of this administration is to blame former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for their decision to sack several thousands of workers from the Abia State Civil Service.
In a statement credited to one Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information in the Otti administration of Abia State, he attributed the decision of the Otti administration to sack these workers to Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu whom he accused of employing people “illegally”.
According to the former Governor’s Spokesperson, it is disturbing that someone who speaks for a state government is blatantly ignorant of the workings of government.
He said, “How can actions carried out by a sitting Governor in offering employment to teeming Abians be termed as illegal?
“The term illegality connotes some form of criminality. What is criminal about the decision of an incumbent Governor to offer employment to the people of the State, putting them on the payroll and paying them salary?
“According to the statement under review, Mr Kanu accused the Ikpeazu administration of “employing people through the back door and backdating employment letters given to them.”
Peoplesmind