Kogi workers retrenchment: Protesters labelled Gov. Bello a THIEF, alleged him of plot to divert bailout.(Watch video)

Gov. Bello

Thousand of civil servants took to the street of Lokoja yesterday to protest the mass retrenchment that had suddenly hit the public service commission like a ranging storm. The protesters are those that are being recently sacked by the governor because they were labelled ghost workers. Recalled that the Governor had set up a committee to screened all the workers in the state claiming a subversion of the state workforce. The committee had submitted a report which claimed there are  about 500 ghost civil servants in the state and recommended their retrenchment. On the contrary, reliable sources revealed that the screening exercise was selective and marred with irregularities as most of the civil servants  across the state were denied the screening form during the exercise. Majority of those affected were employed into the state workforce in 2013/14. How do you then sack workers that were not screened, certainly the Governor is alleged to be up to something.

Other sources revealed the current workers retrenchment is directly connected with the recently released bailout fund by the federal government to the state. The governor is said to be plotting the diversion of part of the bailout fund meant to pay the sacked civil servants who were already being owned over 6months salary by previous government due to the fall in revenue allocation accrued to states across the country.

Recalled that the former Wada led government had applied for the bailout fund but couldn't access the fund to pay the backlogs of workers salary before leaving office.

The Bello led government is also yet to give any official account on the bailout fund. The plot is to divert part of the fund for personal business use.
In a video, the  protesters were seeing to gathered around the Lokoja Local Government Council chanting ''Bello Ole'' (meaning Bello is a thief). Members of the Nigerian Police present at the protest ground were said to be helpless.Watch Video Here