We won’t sack civil servants, says FG

Following the heat generated by the call of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Lamido Sanusi on the Federal Government to sack half of its workforce, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, yesterday, assured that no worker would lose his job as the government was even desirous of creating more jobs for Nigerians.

Sanusi in a paper he presented at the 2nd Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat in Warri, Delta State, had stressed the need to prune membership of the National Assembly as well as the number of states and local governments in the country, among others.

Federal Health workers

The Labour Minister who spoke in Ilorin at the 8th National Labour Relations Summit and Fellowship Award held at the Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies(MINILS), said rather than sack workers, the government has already set up job creation committee that would commence work next week on how to create more jobs in all sectors of the economy to achieve more success on the transformational agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.

According to him, “no worker will be sacked. Nobody should be afraid, the government is desirous of creating more jobs for Nigerians”.

He noted that,”though job creation is more of private sector activities, but the federal government has created an enabling environment for private sector to thrive. The government has also made a special effort on agriculture,  power, ICT, tourism and recently SURE-P programme of the government in its efforts to provide jobs for Nigerians”.

Sanusi, economist of political turbulence — Reps

Meanwhile, members of the House of Representatives, yesterday, hit back at Sanusi, describing him as an economist of political turbulence over his call for a 50 per cent cut in the nation’s civil service.

Reacting to the issues raised by the CBN boss at a press briefing, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Victor Ogene described Sanusi as “an economist with a bias for creating political turbulence,” who had also not succeeded in pushing through, any of his controversial policies.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was also not spared over her ministry’s inability to cash-back the balance of N300 billion of the capital allocation in the 2012 budget to government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) one month after promising to do so.

He said he did not know Sanusi to be a political economist, adding that “the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) had succinctly replied the CBN Governor over the controversial comments”

Posted: at 1-12-2012 05:08 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Everybody just keep criticizing Sanusi. You guys, trust me, what he said really make a whole lot of sense. All the secretariat across the country is overblouted with unskilled and ghost raiders(workers). Especially, Abuja Federal secretariat aka the '' Ghana most go ministries'',(GMGM)!!!

Posted: at 1-12-2012 07:23 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Yes o

Posted: at 1-12-2012 09:20 PM (11 years ago) | Hero