THE PDP has
condemned the directive of the Edo State government to all civil servants in
the state to wear APC arm bands and adorn their walls and tables in the office
with the party’s posters and flags or risk being sacked.
In a statement
by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Chris Nehikhare, the party said whereas,
“Civil servants are supposed to be apolitical, the trend where they were
ordered through text messages ostensibly from the Head of Service to
immediately adorn the arm bands, paste posters and put the APC flag on their
desks, ‘with immediate effect’ is a tragedy.
“Although the text messages were
also forwarded to local government employees in the state, indications are that
they will not comply owing to the several months’ arrears of unpaid salaries.
“Even the orders to the head of Service who was also said to have received
orders to proceed to collect consignments of the arm bands, flags and posters
of the APC candidate from the party secretariat along Airport road, Benin City,
is pathetic as it shows a desperation on the part of APC government to win the
September 10 elections at all costs”.
A top civil servant in the Governor’s
office (names withheld) who received his text message during a church service
in Benin City, yesterday, complained that the civil service was being turned
into a political arena, in a move that could kill morale.
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