News Editor
By David Odama
The newly Inaugurated governor of Edo state, Monday Okpebholo has debunked allegations by the People’s Democratic party PDP that he has began sacking civil servants in the state.
The governor in a statement while reacting to factional PDP members and made available to Journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Fred Itua, described the allegation as a joke taken too far adding that PDP is yet to recover from the crushing defeat it suffered during the 21st September governorship election in Edo State.
Governor Monday Okpebholo, since his inauguration on Tuesday, has since hit the ground running and trying to fix the mess created by the immediate-past MoU governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki.
“For the records, the statement released on Wednesday by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, did not sack any civil servants.
“Besides, no Governor sacks civil servants through a media pronouncement. Those asked to go were appointees of the last administration in the State.
“The factional PDP in Edo State is ignorant, and its members need to be gainfully engaged. Anyone in the State’s civil service that is an appointee has nothing to fear. But if you are a product of the last MoU government and appointed by Obaseki, the rule of law must apply
