Zamfara APC condemns alleged victimisation of workers amidst insecurity by Gov Lawal
By IBRAHIM KANOMA
The Zamfara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it described as the arbitrary and deliberate sacking of civil servants in the state by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Administration of Governor Dauda Lawal.
This was contained in a press statement by the State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau.
The statement further said that, “People of the state woke up to the disturbing demonstration of over 3,000 workers who went through recent verification exercise of the state civil servants without dent but were still asked to stay at home with their services no longer needed.”
It said, “The affected persons, who have spent between 10 to over 20 years in dedicated service with a large number of dependants, are suspected to be sympathetic to political parties other than the ruling PDP in the state and have been turned to beggars overnight wallowing in poverty and hunger without salary for about 10 months now which is unbearable.
“So these people, who are not the only victims of the state administration, have turned out in their large numbers to seek spiritual intervention from the Almighty by praying at the Gusau Eid praying ground with supplications from the Holy Qur’an.
“Comparatively, during the immediate past APC administration under the current Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, apart from giving employment to 1400 persons waiting for regularisation, employed over 9,000 persons including political appointees into the state workforce in addition to 336 teachers and 200 nurses and midwives with meagre resources when monthly federal allocation was only about N3 billion but the government was determined to boost social security.
“However, today’s Zamfara State government under governor Dauda Lawal and the PDP collects between N19 billion to N30 billion monthly as federal allocation in addition to its acclaimed N2 billion monthly as locally generated revenue only uses the money to jolly away life with family and friends while sacking workers to save more money for their jamboree,” it said.
The statement called on the state government, especially the governor to immediately reinstate the affected civil servants to save the state from an already escalating insecurity situation as they too, as citizens, have equal rights in the resources of the state.
