21,000 Rivers LG Workers Allegedly Sacked Amid Claims of 2027 Election Funding Strategy
21,000 Rivers LG Workers Allegedly Sacked Amid Claims of 2027 Election Funding Strategy By Destiny Tamunoala Emmanuel The Initiative for Transparent Strategy and Good Leadership has raised the alarm over the alleged sack of more than 21,000 local government workers in Rivers State, claiming that the development may be connected to efforts to generate funds ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Friday, August 21, 2026, and signed by its Spokesperson, C.C.E. Obujunwo, the group alleged that the mass disengagement followed a biometric verification exercise conducted across the 23 local government areas of the state by the Rivers State Local Government Service Commission. The organisation alleged that the exercise was being used as a basis for determining which workers would remain on the local government payroll, while describing the reported sack as a politically motivated attempt to reduce the wage burden of the councils and create additional funds for political ...
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