Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday said he would not sack workers in the state civil service if elected as the governor for a second term.
“They didn’t know it is much more expensive to sack workers than to maintain them. They think if you remove 50 workers from the Ministry of Works, then you are not paying salaries for 50 persons. It doesn’t work that way. That is simplistic thinking.
“Yes, in the Ministry of Works, you may have a gap of 50 but you have to go to the Ministry of Finance because you have to pay pensions and gratuities for the same 50 people, which are a lot more than sacking anyone. This is besides the social implications. “If you sack a worker, you are only saving possibly 30 per cent, but you are again loading pension and gratuities. It is cheaper for us to maintain civil servants than to sack them. So, that is not on our agenda.
Speaking earlier, the new NLC chairman said the governor was a progressive leader who truly cared for the people of the state.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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