BY Gabriel Enogholase
BENIN—EDO State House of Assembly, Tuesday, gave its Committee on Public Petition two weeks to investigate the alleged wrongful dismissal of some Edo indigenes from Abia State’s civil service.

The directive followed a petition to the state legislature by nine indigenes of the state who alleged that they were dismissed from Abia State’s public service without notice.

The petitioners, whose petition was read on the floor of the House, urged the Assembly to pass a resolution asking the Edo Government to re-absorb them into the state public service.

The petition reads: “We, the Edo State indigenes, including National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, merit award winners serving in Abia State, want to observe that you have great passion for the protection of the interest of all Edolites domiciled anywhere in the world and in this country irrespective of political or religious affiliations.

“We passionately appeal to the House to prevail on Governor Adams Oshiom-hole to direct the re-absorption of all Edo indigenes so affected by the non-indigenes discrimination policy of Abia State Government leading to our removal from the state civil service without notice.”

Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Uyigue Igbe, handed the petition to the Committee on Public Petition, directing it to make its report available to the state legislature within two weeks.