The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered the suspension of civil servants not on duty by 10 am during his surprise visit to the state secretariat in Awka.
Soludo gave the order after conducting an assessment of workers’ punctuality across ministries and departments of the state on Thursday, addressing journalists after the visit, the governor said any worker not found at their duty post by 10 am should be suspended without pay.
He warned that the state government had invested significantly in improving infrastructure and working conditions at the secretariat and would no longer tolerate lack of commitment in the civil service.
Soludo, further said that by integrating technological innovation with strict disciplinary oversight, the administration aimed to ensure that the civil service remained a high-performance vehicle for the delivery of profit of democracy to Ndi Anambra.