ANAMBRA GOVT APPREHENDS 8 SUSPECTS FOR EXTORTING MORE THAN N800, 000 FROM WOMEN IN AWKA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
Anambra State Government Apprehends 8 Suspects For Extorting More Than 800,000 Thousand Naira From Women In Awka By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting more than Eight Hundred Thousand Naira from women in Awka. The arrest was part of state government's resolve in eradicating crimes and corruption in the state. The exercise came following the directive of the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of an NGO using government's name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka. When the Women and Social Welfare Commissioner bursted the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter located opposite government house Awka, it was discovered that the suspects were operating with the United Bank of Africa staff in opening a current account for the women who must pay
Our attention has been drawn to insinuations in some quarters that the Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,dismised some civil servants due to the ongoing strike action in the state.For the avoidance of doubt,we will like to state unequivocally that there is no iota of truth to this speculation.Contrary to such claims,what truly transpired is that the Ogun State Civil Service Commission,in furtherance of its statutory responsibility of maintaining discipline and adherence to public service rules and extant regulations,on Monday,took the decisition to sanction some civil servants.The affected civil servants were alleged to have been involved in certain acts of misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration on October 5,2016 way before the ongoing strike action commenced.In a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Ogun State Head of Service Commission explained that it received complaints from concerned members off the public against some public and civil servants allegedly involved in various acts of misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration.The allegations against the affected civil and public servants include the fact that,contrary to extant public service rules,they got involved in partisan politics by publicly admitting receiving money from a politician and also hiring a musician with whom they sang praises of the said politician while chanting political slogans in the course of Word Teachers Day celebration.To determine the veracity of such complaints and give the affected civil and public servants the opportunity for fair hearing,the Civil Service Commission said it set up an administrative panel of Inquiry on October 17,2016.The panel's term of reference include,among others,to investigate the events of October 5,2016 at the NUT Multipurpose hall,Kuto,Abeokuta with a view to identifying the public and civil servants directly or indirectly involved in partisan political activities; determine the culpability or otherwise of the identified public servants and recommended appropriate disciplinary actions in line with the public service rules and extant regulations.Before arriving at its decision,the panel issued queries and invited the affected civil servants who in turn made written and oral representations.After listening to all parties involved including witnesses,as well as reviewing the evidences at its disposal,the panel,in its wisdom,recommended the dismissal of 16 public and civil servants.Those recommended for dismissal include Comrade Akeem Ambali,the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and Comrade Dare Ilekoya,the state chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers,NUT.They were all found to have contravened the Public Service Rules 04401,04402 {c&d} and 04406 {a} due to their involvement in the political rally they held under the guise of World Teachers Day celebration event.The panel also recommended the suspension of 19 others while exonerating one Mr Abiodun Oriyomi Samuel who was said not to have been involved in the alleged partisan act.From the foregoing,it is clear that the State Civil Srvice Commission only acted in fulfillment of its statutory responsibility and this has nothing strike action embarked upon by a section of the workforce in the state.
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