No Plan To Sack Workers – Dickson

Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, says his administration’s ongoing verification of civil servants is not intended to retrench workers.Dickson, represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral John

Jonah (retd.), stated this during the monthly Transparency Briefing in Government House, Yenagoa, on Thursday. The governor was apparently referring to fears in some quarters that his government had marked over 500 civil servants, who allegedly supported the All Progressives Congress in the
just-concluded governorship election, for sanctions.He, however, dismissed speculation that the ongoing workers’ verification was targeted at retrenching workers for their partisan posture before and after the governorship poll.Dickson said though the decision of some civil servants to openly campaign for political parties of their choice was wrong and against the Civil Service Rule, the government did not give any directive for sanctions and stoppage of salaries of such workers.