The PDP has objected to Governor Hyacinth Alia's decision to fire certain categories of Benue state employees, calling it illegal, harsh, and insensitive.

Remember that the Governor directed and ordered the cancellation of all hirings made by the outgoing administration since May 2022, as well as the reversal of promotions to the rank of Permanent Secretary made by that administration starting in January 2023, in a statement released on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula.

When Mr. Isaac Mffo, the acting state chairman of the PDP, briefed the media on the development in Makurdi, he highlighted that the Governor's decision was unacceptable because the affected civil officials were lawfully hired and urged for a reversal of the instruction.

According to the acting Chairman, “the affected civil servants were given lawful appointments into the state civil service having fulfilled all statutory requirements and until this directive were entitled to all the rights, privileges and protections guaranteed them under the labour laws of the state.

“This is to say that loss of such rights, privileges and protections cannot be at the whim of anyone, no matter how highly placed, including the governor, but can only be for reasons prescribed under same laws, which do not include the action taken by Governor Alia.

“The insensitivity in the Benue State Governor’s action becomes more glaring when viewed against the backdrop of the untold hardship which Nigerians were subjected to under the recently expired Buhari regime in the forms of catastrophic economic mismanagement and the insecurity that directly threatened the country’s sovereignty.

“Governor Alia, being a direct offshoot of the cruel and visionless Buhari regime, should be threading cautiously as Governor of Benue State so as not to aggravate the pains and sufferings inflicted on the people of the state by that regime.

“Perhaps the Governor needs to be reminded that to the eleventh hour of his tenure, outgone President, Muhammadu Buhari made appointments into the federal civil service which President Tinubu has inherited and is working with.