1 week Ago By Jimisayo Opanuga
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Transition Committee member and former Commissioner in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has alleged that the outgoing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, is currently converting his Senior Special Assistants (SSA) and Special Assistants (SA) into full-time civil service staff. Afegbua made the allegation in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Benin. Afegbua said interviews are presently ongoing as part of an effort to overburden the incoming administration with huge recurrent expenditure.
He said, “It has come to our notice that Governor Obaseki is presently converting his Senior Special Assistants (SSA) and Special Assistants (SA) into full-time civil service staff. “He added 186 of such appointees in September this year to the already bloated number of aides around him and has just commenced the process of absorbing another 152 aides to compound the problem. “The interview is presently ongoing as part of an effort to overburden the incoming administration with huge recurrent expenditure, aware that the state is already bogged down by a huge debt burden.
“Governor Obaseki, for eight years, refused to recruit civil servants to fill vacant positions and energize the civil service.” Afegbua alleged that Governor Obaseki also refused to set up the Civil Service Commission until two weeks ago, in the twilight of his administration. “We are alerting the public to be aware of Governor Obaseki’s deliberate engagement to stifle the resources of the state and pass on huge salaries and overheads to the incoming administration.
“This is not only a wicked act but a huge disservice to the incoming administration of Senator Monday Okpebholo. “We have repeatedly stated the position of the incoming administration that anybody who is wrongly recruited or surreptitiously absorbed into the Civil Service, with backdated appointment letters, would be relieved of his or her responsibility.” Afegbua noted that recruitment into the Civil Service must not only follow due process but added that there must be a need for such persons who are recruited.
POlitics Sticky Obaseki converting SSA, SA to full time civil service workers — APC Scribe Michael Egbejule, Benin City The All Progressives Congress (APC) Transition Committee member and former Commissioner in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has alleged that the outgoing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, is currently converting his Senior Special Assistants (SSA) and Special Assistants (SA) into full-time civil service staff. Afegbua made the allegation in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Benin. Afegbua said interviews are presently ongoing as part of an effort to overburden the incoming administration with huge recurrent expenditure.
He said, “It has come to our notice that Governor Obaseki is presently converting his Senior Special Assistants (SSA) and Special Assistants (SA) into full-time civil service staff. “He added 186 of such appointees in September this year to the already bloated number of aides around him and has just commenced the process of absorbing another 152 aides to compound the problem. “The interview is presently ongoing as part of an effort to overburden the incoming administration with huge recurrent expenditure, aware that the state is already bogged down by a huge debt burden.
“Governor Obaseki, for eight years, refused to recruit civil servants to fill vacant positions and energize the civil service.” Afegbua alleged that Governor Obaseki also refused to set up the Civil Service Commission until two weeks ago, in the twilight of his administration. “We are alerting the public to be aware of Governor Obaseki’s deliberate engagement to stifle the resources of the state and pass on huge salaries and overheads to the incoming administration.
“This is not only a wicked act but a huge disservice to the incoming administration of Senator Monday Okpebholo. “We have repeatedly stated the position of the incoming administration that anybody who is wrongly recruited or surreptitiously absorbed into the Civil Service, with backdated appointment letters, would be relieved of his or her responsibility.” Afegbua noted that recruitment into the Civil Service must not only follow due process but added that there must be a need for such persons who are recruited.
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