About 344 newly recruited staff including lecturers of Rivers State Polytechnic,
Bori has been sacked by the new government led by Governor Ezebunwo
Nyesom Wike,.
It was learnt that the sacked workers were recruited by the immediate past
administration led by Rotimi Amaechi.
According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution, Innocent
Ogbonnaya Nwanwo , this was contained in a directive sent to the Polytechnic
by the State Ministry of Education. The directive also stated that the Rector of
the polytechnic, Sir Obianko Worlu Elechi would proceed on compulsory leave.
He said, “The recent employment exercise we had at the Rivers State
Polytechnic, Bori has been cancelled. The reason is that the government needed
to review the process of their employment. The process that brought in the
newly employed people; don’t forget, they have not started work, has been
called off; it has been terminated by the state government.
“Right now, they don’t have a job here in the Rivers State Polytechnic.
Technically speaking, that is the truth. The Rector is on leave; he was asked to
proceed on leave.”
However one of the sacked lecturers who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
said their recruitment followed due process and dates back to September 2014.
He called on Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, the State House of Assembly,
and the authority of the Polytechnic to intervene on the issue.www.bmasterz.blogspot.com
