ThisDay· 2h ago· 1 min read
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Boniface Okoro in Umuahia
Controversy has continued to trail the federal government’s employment waiver granted to Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), following the sack of 127 out of 553 staff recruited in a recent employment exercise, five months after resumption.
It was gathered that while the federal government approved the recruitment of 426 staff for the immediate past administration of the university, management issued appointment letters to 618 persons. However, only 553 of them were captured on the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System, GIFMIS, in Umudike.
Though the new intakes were issued legitimate appointment letters and assumed duties in April, they were redeployed to various offices where they worked for five months without salaries before being asked to surrender their identity cards on July 16,…
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