Governor Nyesom Wike is set to sack 13,000 workers employed by his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi. This comes as Rivers House of Assembly passed a resolution empowering the Governor to sack the board of the State Civil Service Commission accusing them of breaching the rules and illegally employing workers into the state Service.

The Rivers lawmakers passed the resolution on Tuesday after grilling the Chairman of the Service Commission, Mr Ngo Martins Yellowe on the floor of the House based on petitions accusing the Commission of not passing through due process before employing workers in past three years.

Yellowe, however, told lawmakers that the Commission under his leadership obeyed the constitution and laws guiding employment into the service.

Observers of Rivers politics however see the invitation and quizzing of Ngo Martins Yellowe by the lawmakers as a prelude to the sacking of the Commission appointed by the immediate past administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi and also the sacking the civil servants employed three years to date, especially over 13,200 teachers and others engaged by the immediate past administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi.

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Chairman Prof Augustine Ahiazu was invited to answer questions about how local government election was conducted. Thereafter a resolution was passed mandating Governor Wike to sack the Commission.Wike sacked RSIEC the next day.
Similarly, the Rivers State Judiciary Service Commission suffered same fate after its members were invited to the floor of the House.
The fears of over 13,200 teachers in the state, over 400 doctors and nurses employed by the former Governor Amaechi is palpable if they fall into the category of workers adjudged to have been wrongly employed into the state civil service.

Culled from
credit : http://streetgist.com/wike-set-to-sack-over-13000-workers-employed-by-amaechi/

what do you think?

Wiked wike

I don't think wike will sack them all, d right thing to do is to look for d ghost workers among them and do d needful
Am sure there are a lot of ghost workers among them but wike should b careful not to sack genuine workers as dat can spell doom, protests and confrontation between him and d workers and his popularity can b affected

he don start be that ooooooooooooo

usayab:
Wiked wike

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Themaingate:
13,000 people in just one state ?
Guess what.....Thunder wey go fire wike still dey him backyard dey smoke weed

dont mind him , baba go intervene now

I'm sure that most of those he's planning to sack voted wicked Wike, good for them

GHEN GHEN! E don red for ghost workers. How I wish Ifeanyi Okowa will do this in Delta State cause Ghost workers too plenty in Delta State Workers.

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.If wike likes let him sack all the workers in rivers state, its their business,after all, its what the people of rivers deserve. I am aware,that the 13,000 teachers, were employed in mid 2013,so if he wants to sack all the teachers employed by amaechi he should quietly do so and let the state be in peace.

Hmmm. Is he planning to sack them and reinstate them after subjecting them to the due process and protocols required for those civil service jobs
Meanwhile,

13,000 ghost workers.

Sacking 13000 workers and throwing them into the labour market? Are you sure Wike is ready to govern his state or he's just witch hunting Amaechi and let Rivers people suffer?

Its too early to create enemies for yourself Mr. Wike! Its just too early!

MzJackBaueress:
Sacking 13000 workers and throwing them into the labour market? Are you sure Wike is ready to govern his state or he's just witch hunting Amaechi and let Rivers people suffer?

Its too early to create enemies for yourself Mr. Wike! Its just too early!

I think we ought to be asking for his reason for the massive sack.

Consolidation to increase efficiency and streamline bloated civil service should be encouraged especially during this difficult financial period we managed to find ourselves in.


I’m pretty sure it’s a witch-hunt exercise but then again we should give him the benefit of the doubt

jaybee3:


I think we ought to be asking for his reason for the massive sack.


Consolidation to increase efficiency and streamline bloated civil service should be encouraged especially during this difficult financial period we managed to find ourselves in.


I’m pretty sure it’s a witch-hunt exercise but then again we should give him the benefit of the doubt

the only reason he wants to sack the workers is to get back at Amaechi. Nothing more! I expected him to set up a committee to sanitize the civil service and remove the ghost workers and not sacking 13,000 people.

Who will suffer the consequences? Is it Amaechi or the workers?

Wike should be very careful not to cause hatred by his people. He's going to the extreme.

MzJackBaueress:
the only reason he wants to sack the workers is to get back at Amaechi. Nothing more! I expected him to set up a committee to sanitize the civil service and remove the ghost workers and not sacking 13,000 people.

Who will suffer the consequences? Is it Amaechi or the workers?

Wike should be very careful not to cause hatred by his people. He's going to the extreme.

Man since time immemorial has& will always cut off his nose to spite his face.

Let no one dissuade him, he should go ahead & watch the revolt, even Jesus of okrika will go into hiding.

If they are ghost workers, fine.

If not, are they not Rivers State indigenes? Is it not better to have people in employment, rather than constituting nuisance to the society in the name of unemployment and the attendant menace of such demeanour to the society?

At least each of those workers supports or fends for 4 people.

This is stupidity or joke of the year as if this people the bull dog called governor want to sack are not indigence of the state. Sack them at your peril!!!

Wicked wike has come to destroy everything amaechi built in river state. River welcome to the new world

In as much as I don't want to believe this news; I will advice Wike to embark on audit of workers instead of sacking because he will be creating enemies for himself and its too early for a start.

this is serious