Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Wednesday, debunked claims that he ordered the sack of 568 workers of the state transport corporation, Delta Line, saying that the workers opted to exit following a mouth-watering disengagement allowance.
The state government recently divested 60 percent of its shares in the company to God is Good Motors, retaining 40 percent in a Private Public Partnership (PPP) in a bid to make it more effective and commercially viable.
However, some staff of the company raised alarm that the governor directed that they should be sacked without benefits to enable the new management recruit new staff and commence operations on a new slate. Read more