Taraba APC Chides State Govt Over Victimization of LG Workers | Tellwell Newspaper
From Godwin Agia, Jalingo
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State on Thursday, chided the PDP-controlled state government for allegedly victimizing local government workers suspected to be its supporters.
Aaron Artimas, the state’s APC Publicity Secretary in a press statement issued to journalists in Jalingo, described the action as shameful and unacceptable.
Artimas said the party had received a heartwrenching and grieving report of the victimisation of some civil servants and community leaders in Sardauna Local Government Area by the Taraba State government over their perceived partisanship.
“The reports indicate a brazen and malicious transfer of some senior officers by the Local Government Service Commission on the directives of the state government. The unruly action also affects some senior title holders in the community,” the APC spokesman complained.
“We are being told that this unlawful action was executed a few days after the overwhelming reception accorded to an APC House of Assembly Candidate for Mbamga constituency and former Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon Peter Diah,” he said.
“The APC in Taraba State is miffed and disappointed that the state government will stoop so low and engage in an unlawful act simply because it has lost its way in a fruitless or aimless rescue mission that has only brought pain, misery and despair to the good people of the state,” Artemis said.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Bello Yero, the state permanent Secretary Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, did not respond to calls and texts messages sent to his mobile phone over the allegation.
