Umahi’s aides resign, dump APC for PDP, give key reason for their actions as Ebonyi govt fumes
- Two aides of Governor Umahi have resigned their appointments
- The aides who have also reportedly joined the PDP said they decided to resign over non-payment of their salaries
- However, the Ebonyi state government claimed that the aides quitted due to their non-performance
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Two aides of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state have resigned their appointments, citing alleged non-payment of salaries.
The aides, according to a report by The Punch, are Amaechi Oken, a senior technical assistant to the governor and Benjamin Obaji, a technical assistant.
Legit.ng gathers that the former aides have also announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Oken said while others were paid for January 2020, he was not paid. He added that he has not received any allowances for the month of February too.
Also, Obaji in his letter indicated he has "not been paid for the past few months".
Ebonyi government reacts
The Ebonyi state government on Sunday, March 14, said the former aides had been put on probation for non-performance.
A statement by a technical assistant to the governor, Daphne Eteng, said Oken and Obaji failed woefully in passing the monthly assessment exercise for government aides.
Eteng submitted that the duo resigned over alleged incompetence, not because they were not paid their salaries.
He further attacked the duo, saying they "shamelessly and disgraceful(ly) cited lack of payment of January and February 2021 salaries as their reason for joining a helpless party."
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In other news, Governor Umahi has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon address the growing clamours for the Igbo presidency come 2023.
The governor expressed this confidence on Wednesday, February 10, while addressing the press after meeting with the Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe.
Umahi also berated people making "wrong personal views" on the issue of the southeast producing the next president for the country.
Meanwhile, Governor Umahi has declared that everyone in the southeast wants to join the APC.
Governor Umahi who was speaking to journalists including a Legit.ng reporter, described the party's registration and revalidation exercise as 'world-class.'
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