Ebonyi: 16 top civil servants to lose
September salaries for coming late to state event



Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State on Monday
ordered that 16 top government functionaries in
the state should forfeit their September and
October salaries and overheads for coming late to
a state event.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
functionaries came late to a debate
competition organised by the government as
part of activities to mark the nation’s 55th
anniversary and 19th year of the state’s
creation.
The functionaries included commissioners,
special advisers, assistants, members of
boards, local government areas caretaker
committee chairmen, among others.
Others included the Principal Secretary to the
Governor, Commissioner for Environment, and
Commissioner for Economic Empowerment
and Poverty Alleviation among others.
Umahi, who expressed dismay over the
lateness of the officials, noted that the
government intended to restore sanity to
governance in the state.
He commended the organisers and
participants at the debate with the theme,
‘Anti-Corruption and Internally Generated
Revenue Drive: the only Panacea for
Economic Development in Ebonyi’.
“It is pertinent to state that not all public
office holders are corrupt; the malaise is a
matter of the individual’s conscience.
“The government will recover all funds paid by
the people to Enugu Electricity Distribution
Company for pre-paid metres as the company
always offers excuses for non-provision of
the facilities,” he said.
Senior Special Adviser on Religious Affairs
and Welfare to the Governor, Rev. Father
Abraham Nwali, said the masses suffered
most from the effects of corruption.
NAN