We did not Buy Job Slots -- Sacked Delta Civil Servants

Ifeayi Okowa

THE Congress of Newly Employed Civil Servants in Delta State, yesterday, insisted that they did not buy job slots, but rather, they followed due process in getting employment into the state civil service.

The workers, who were laid off by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration, in a statement by their chairman, Mr Regha Obus, said:

 “We are Deltans, we passed through all the stages. The commission advertised, we applied, we were shortlisted for interview, which we passed and appointment letters were given to us which we graciously accepted with the intention of serving our state.


“Many of us resigned from our previous jobs to accept the civil service offer.

 Those who bought their slots and the sellers should be exposed and those of us who are Deltans should be allowed to go back to work.

“Injecting fresh blood who are Deltans by origin into the civil service is not only necessary but a means of tackling unemployment in the state.

We discovered that since 2010 till our recruitment on April 20, 2015 there had been vacuum in the service and this is a generational gap which is against the civil service rule.”