Gov. Umahi Says Ebonyi Workers' Promotion Will Now Be Based On Farm Size

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, handed down the warning while swearing-in four newly appointed special assistants at the Government House in Abakaliki, the state capital.

He also said that any teacher who fails to embrace the agricultural policy of the state government will be shown the way out.

“Promotion of civil servants will no longer be based on length of service but on merit, indicating how far the person performed in the area of agriculture”.

Umahi who lamented the deteriorating state of the nation’s economy, emphasised his administration’s resolve to diversify the state’s economy through agriculture and internally revenue generation (IGR).

He charged the Special Adviser on Primary Education, Mrs. Nwali Helen Chinyere and the SSA on Higher Education, Dr. Adaeze Nwuzor, to ensure that every child in the school has a farm.

“Every child in primary and secondary school should have a farm. I am told that the teachers are shunning agriculture. Let me warn that I will sack any teacher that is not embracing agriculture,” the governor said.

The governor told the new appointees and other political office holders to realise that their appointments were not for political patronage, but to harvest more ideas on how to overcome the present economic challenges facing the state.

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