The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemned an alleged
directive to all civil servants in the state to wear APC arm bands and
adorn their walls and tables in the office with the party’s posters and
flags or risk being sacked.
State Publicity Secretary of the party in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, in
a statement said whereas, “Civil servants are supposed to be
apolitical, the trend where they were ordered through text messages
ostensibly from the Head of Service to immediately adorn the arm bands,
paste posters and put the APC flag on their desks, ‘with immediate
effect’ is a tragedy.
“Although the text messages were also forwarded to local government
employees in the state, indications are that they will not comply owing
to the several months’ arrears of unpaid salaries.
“Even the orders to the head of Service who was also said to have
received orders to proceed to collect consignments of the arm bands,
flags and posters of the APC candidate from the party secretariat along
Airport road, Benin City, is pathetic as it shows a desperation on the
part of APC government to win the September 10 elections at all costs”.
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