Governor of Cross River State, Benedict Ayade has again disciplined civil servants in the state by locking them out of their offices for arriving late for the second time in two days.
Earlier, some defaults were locked out of the Governor’s office on Wednesday.
The action was extended to other offices on Thursday, as gates of the Cross River Geographic Information Agency. It’s an agency under the Lands ministry.
Workers were seen walking around at the gate after parking their cars along the road.
Reacting, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Benedict Ukpepi described the development as a shame to the civil service.
“Labour can only talk to workers to follow service regulations but the head of service should talk to the governor. Labour cannot support any wrong thing because civil servants are supposed to be in office by 7:30 am, while work starts by 8 am but the approach of locking workers out is what we are complaining about,” he said.
On the workers’ side, they noted their lateness to work was caused by low morale.
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