The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has commended Gov. Theodore Orji ofย Abiaย State for recalling over 7,700 sacked non-indigene civil servants in the state, who were sacked over two years ago.
In a pressย conference on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra; Dede Uzor A. Uzor, Chairmanย of CD South-East Region, said that the move was an ideal one in order to further cement Igbo unity.
Uzor howeverย urged the Abia Stateย government to make public the number of the non-indigenes re-engaged byย the government so far.
He announced that CD is giving Gov. Orjiย 14-day ultimatum to make the number and identities of the re-engagedย sacked workers in the national dailies.
Uzor, also called on the governor to render an unreserved public apology for the uncalledย act; which he had reversed adding that their salaries and allowancesย should be paid up-till date.
“While an unreserved publicย apology addressed to the non-indigenes, Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo and Ndi-Igbo in general should be made public,โโ he said.
He said that itsย only if he do all this that CD can call on Ohanaze Ndi-Igbo to re-admitย Gov. Orji as a returned prodigal son of Igbo land.
“Since hisย former action, which bordered on sack of his fellow Igbo brothers andย sisters, was sacrilegious as far as Igbo land is concerned,โโ Uzorย noted.
He said that henceforth, Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo should put inย place strict punitive measures to deal with any Igbo personality thatย treats Ndi-Igbo with disdain anywhere within and outside the country.
It would be recalled that on Wednesday, Oct. 30; Abia State Governmentย recalled hundreds of its civil service workforce, who are non-indigenesย of the state but from the South-East, after sacking them forย twoย years.
