Barely 48 – hours after sacking two appointees for flouting his order to attend the simply concluded nationwide conference of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ibadan, Oyo State, Governor Umo Eno, has warned that extra heads would roll if such disloyalty persists.
Mr. Joseph Ekpak, Senior Particular Assistant (SSA) and Felix Ekuri, Particular Assistant (SA), shut allies to former Governor Udom Emmanuel, have been noticed on the Ibadan conference, an motion that drew the governor’s fury to take away them.
Addressing individuals on the swearing in of the brand new head of the Civil Service (HoCS), Mrs. Elsie Anietie Peters, on the Banquet Corridor of the Authorities Home, Uyo, on Tuesday, the governor declared that his administration would proceed to stay adversarial to appointees who wouldn’t commit their complete loyalty to him.
Talking in opposition to the backdrop of the current sacking of his two aides, who have been noticed on the PDP Nationwide Conference in Ibadan, Oyo state, the governor mentioned he wouldn’t accommodate any act of disloyalty by his appointees.
“You can not serve two masters on the similar time, those that eat on the desk of the King should stand as much as be counted, so anybody who is just not keen to serve in a authorities space is free to go,” he warned.
The secretary to the state authorities (SSG), Prince Enobong Uwah, mentioned Mrs. Peters’ swearing-in reaffirms the administration’s dedication to positioning the civil service for better professionalism and improved productiveness.
The brand new HoCS, it was learnt, was named following the retirement of the previous HoCS, Elder Effiong Essien, and has been urged to see her appointment as a name to obligation and a decisive step towards revitalising the state’s administrative construction in direction of a seamless reforms course of.
LEADERSHIP gathered Mrs. Peters, who hails from Ikot Akpandem in Eket native authorities space, was chosen to convey greater than 20 years of public service expertise to bear within the operating of the administration.
In her acceptance remarks, Mrs. Peters pledged to uphold the values of diligence, integrity, and accountability, assuring that she would work collaboratively with all stakeholders to boost service supply and promote a extra environment friendly civil service.
