JUST IN: Drama As State Gov Locks Out Civil Servants From Govt House Over Lateness

Wednesday morning’s small drama occurred when Prof. Ben Ayade, the governor of Cross River state, locked out civil servants who were working in the government building in Calabar for arriving late to work.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that governor Ayade who came to work before 8: 00 am ordered the Chief Security Officer,CSO, to lock the governor’s office gate and not allow any one coming after 8: a.m to enter the office .

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About 100 civil officials were stuck at the gate when a source went to the governor’s office at around 10:45 in the morning, however some could be seen leaving.

The governor was astonished to see that many of the government servants weren’t on their seats when he stepped in, according to a source who asked to remain anonymous and was quoted by Vanguard.

The source stated that he instantly ordered the time book to resume and directed the chief security officer to seal the gate to prevent anyone from entering after that.

Findings demonstrated that those who were locked out included a variety of cadres of employees, including the highest ranking state civil service officer as well as political appointees like special advisers.

When contacted, Special Adviser to Governor on Media & Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita said that the governor had always detested any form of indiscipline and also shown reward to those committed to their duties.

His words: “The normal resumption time is 8am and if a governor can be in office at that time, why can’t others be around.

“The governor has always shown reward and sanction to workers; he doesn’t hesitate to sanction when you err and also reward you when you are committed to duty,” he said.

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As at the time of filing this report, several workers who were locked out, were seen hanging around the entrance gate of the state Government House while others moved towards Chieftaincy affairs .

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