Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has announced N150,000 Christmas bonus for every civil servant in the state.
The governor explained that the gesture aligned with his
administration’ s commitment to improving the welfare of civil servants despite
dwindling revenue accruing to the state in the past one year
Nwifuru announced the bonus on Sunday during a church
service at the Government House Chapel, Abakaliki.
On the forthcoming local government election in the state,
the governor made it clear that he has not anointed any candidate, promising a
level playground for all the aspirants.
“As far as I am concerned, the will of the people must
prevail, the people must choose their representatives without interference from
any quarter,” he said.
Nwifuru restated his directive to political appointees
wishing to contest the local government election to resign in line with
electoral guidelines.
“It is not my duty to pick you as chairman of your Local
Government Area. If you are contesting for the chairmanship position in next
year’s council’s election as an appointee, you must resign as stipulated by the
law.”
Governor Nwifuru also dispelled rumours of lethargy in the
construction of Vincent Agwu Nwankwo Flyover, a major project of his
administration.
“You cannot find any state in Nigeria that is doing such
flyover currently,” he said, explaining the construction rigours inherent in
the project that is designed to give the state a facelift when completed.
He decried social media criticism of the project,
maintaining that the administration is deliberately taking steps to ensure the
state is seen as having advanced and modern infrastructure.
“We are doing it not because we have money, we are doing it
because we want to sign our signature in the anals of history,” Nwifuru said.
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