Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has denied reports that his administration was planning to sack civil servants in the state for supporting the All Progressives Congress in the governorship election in the state.
Dickson, represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.), stated this during the monthly Transparency Briefing in Government House, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Thursday.
The governor was reacting to the notion in some quarters that his government had marked over 500 civil servants, who allegedly supported the APC for sanctions.
He dismissed speculation that the ongoing workers’ verification was targeted at retrenching workers for their partisan posture.
The governor said, “On the issue raised by some 500 workers in the state, to the best of my knowledge, there is no plan by the government to retrench any worker.
“However, we must add that although the partisan posture of some workers during the election was wrong, there is no plan to sanction or retrench anyone over that.
“The verification being conducted by the establishment committee is to look inwards and examine ourselves as an administration. We are doing this due to the consistent deficits we are experiencing. This is why there are no government officials on the committee.
“We have asked them to help check and also find other ways of raising revenues. If they come out to say, the figure we have is correct, so be it. If they say we have some addition, we will check again. Things at the moment are hard and it is a challenging moment for us as a state.”
On the income profile, Dickson announced a deficit spending of N1.713bn in November, 2015, saying a total of N4.804bn accrued to the state.
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