Edo govt: No plan to retrench workers in 2022

The Edo State government has said that it has no plan to retrench workers in the coming year. Rather, the government said it has concluded plans to further employ more hands.

The State Head of Service (HOS), Barr. Anthony Okungbowa, disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin, at a meeting with different workers’ unions in the State.

According to him, “The government has concluded plans to further employ more hands in the coming year. The government has no plan to retrench workers but has put measures in place for the training and retraining of every Edo worker to enhance effective service delivery.

“We are moving forward; the world is moving forward and the civil and public service in Edo State cannot afford to lag behind,” he added.

Okungbowa noted that the ongoing reforms by Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration will improve the livelihoods of the people, ensure sustainable growth and development and achieve a progressive and prosperous State.

He further disclosed that the over 300 personnel recruited into the state’s civil and public service by the government in the first phase of the ongoing exercise, was done strictly on merit as the most competent and qualified hands were brought into the service.