The Delta State Council of the Nigeria Civil Service Union has affirmed that Comrade Benson Efeotor remains the elected and authentic Chairman of the Union describing his purported impeachment as null and void.
To this end the State Executive Council of the Union has passed a vote of confidence on Comrade Benson Efeotor for working tirelessly to uphold the ideals of the Union while entrenching financial discipline in line with best labour practices.
At a State Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Civil Service Union at Asaba presided over by Comrade Efeotor and attended by forty two executive members from the various units,Congress resolved that the decision of the State Administrative Council of the Union was a breach of its constitution and therefore is null and void .
Comrade Edor Michael while addressing congress noted that in line with the constitution of the Union,only two third majority vote of SEC is empowered to suspend or remove a sitting Chairman which the state administrative council failed to do.
He said all the allegations levelled against the Chairman Comrade Benson Efeotor were false, malicious and totally misleading stressing that the state administrative council failed to recognise the powers of the state executive council of the Union adding that SAC has no power to remove the Chairman based on allegations of misappropriation of funds without recourse to the state executive council.
While moving a vote of confidence on Comrade Benson Efeotor, Comrade Edor Michael maintained that SAC breached the Union’s constitution in removing or suspending an officer of the Union more so the Chairman.
The motion was seconded by the Unit Chairman,Ministry of Economic Planning,Comrade Azuka Benneth and was unanimously adopted by Congress.
At the Congress, the State Executive Council suspended some members of the State Administrative Council and the petitioner Comrade Acha Viano following a motion by the Unit Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Comrade Agbakwudo Ifeanyi seconded by Comrade Emeka Okutu on the ground that their action was ill motivated and failure to follow due process.
The motion was also unanimously adopted by Congress for the suspension of some members of SAC.
The suspended SAC members are the Vice Chairman, Comrade Idoloakeme Billy, Chairperson, Comrade Adigwe Magdaline, Treasurer, Comrade Odedede Peter ,Trustee, Comrade Okoturo Kenneth, Assistant Secretary, Comrade Isichei Maria and State Auditor, Comrade Okocha Sidney.
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