Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state is at it again, Viewers Corner News correspondent who visited Abakaliki (Ebonyi state) recently gathered that the State Environmental Protection Agency’s staff have been ordered by governor David Umahi to go to Ezzamgbo (Ebonyi state) on daily basis and be cutting grasses there instead of doing their official duties. We further gathered from those working in governor David Umahi’s government that the governor did that as a punishment against those working in the State Environmental Protection Agency. Now hear the reason for their punishment. For some months the salaries of those working in the state Environmental Protection Agency have not been paid and these are people with families who leave their houses on daily basis to go to work which everyone expects that at the end of every month, their salaries should be paid and it is their right because they earned it. When they waited and their salaries were not paid for months, these workers decided to embark on a strike action. This angered governor David Umahi and he sacked all the workers in the Agency last year. He did that without paying the workers what they were owed so those sacked workers took the case to industrial court in Enugu (Enugu state, Nigeria) to demand for their right but somewhere along the line, governor David Umahi discovered that these workers would likely win the case so in October 2016 he pleaded with them to withdraw the case from the court. He also promised to recall all the workers and pay them all their outstanding salaries. Those sacked workers agreed and were very happy too but little did they know that governor David Umahi manipulated them by using tricks to pull the case out from the industrial court. Up till now, the salaries of those workers have not been paid and the surprising aspect is that governor David Umahi and his government have subjected these workers to go and be cutting grasses at Ezzamgbo (Ebonyi state) on empty stomachs . Now our concern here is this, since governor David Umahi has decided to humiliate them this way, please make sure that their salaries are paid properly because these are human beings with needs. Their children are in the school, how would they take care of them and other family issues if salaries are not paid? That could be the only source of income for them, this must be a very hard time for those workers in Ebonyi state Environmental Protection Agency. This is very bad and unacceptable, these are people who voted for you to lead them because of the trust they had for you in the past. With this sort of attitude, do you still think that you will win the trust and support of these people? The answer is no and never. However, it is just a matter of time based on the responses we (Viewers Corner News team) got from majority of those we spoke with in Ebonyi state. They told us in confidence that they regretted voting for governor David Umahi to lead them and they will never like to have him anymore as their leader, all they want is CHANGE (a new person who is God fearing and can deliver his promises to the people of the state). This is the voice of majority of those we spoke with in Ebonyi state. Again governor David Umahi and his government sent those environmental workers to go and work on an empty stomach in a very hot weather, we say so because if salaries are not paid, there would be no money for them to buy food and eat before cutting the grasses. Those workers agreed to do the work because they do not have alternative source of income and were also very afraid of losing their jobs. Please pay them their outstanding salaries so that they can be able to feed their families. This should be an eye opener to the people of Ebonyi state, not to trust governor David Umahi anymore now that election would be here in few years time. Sincerely with the people’s voting power which makes them the kingmakers in Ebonyi state, they are going to make sure that they vote governor David Umahi out of office because his government has not been fair to Ebonyi state people. The people of Ebonyi state are tired of the pains governor David Umahi is making them go through on daily basis, let us try another person. Ebonyi state has more capable individuals to lead us to glory, certainly not governor David Umahi and his associates who are always in the habit of deceiving the people of Ebonyi state. Enough is enough.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.