Dismissed Civil Servants Seek Tinubu, Akpabio’s Intervention In Reinstatement Struggle

Some federal civil servants allegedly dismissed from the Federal Ministries of Environment and Works have appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio to intervene in their prolonged struggle for reinstatement.

The affected workers also called on civil society organisations, labour unions and other Nigerians to pressure the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to implement a Senate resolution directing their recall and redeployment to their respective ministries.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja, one of the dismissed officers, Joy Eseoghene, said she and her colleagues had been subjected to severe hardship since their dismissal in 2022.

She lamented that the inability to meet basic needs such as food, rent, school fees and medical bills had forced some of them to sell personal belongings in order to survive.

“We have gone through the right channels to seek justice; the National Assembly has investigated the matter and both the 9th and the current 10th Assemblies have ruled in our favour,” she said.

“Yet despite so many letters and correspondence from superior authorities, the commission has blatantly refused to obey the ruling of the National Assembly and other superior authorities to reinstate us.”

Eseoghene added that the situation had left the affected workers without any clear avenue for redress.