Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has told his appointees that the door was open for them to quit instead of grumbling in his administration.
Umahi made the pronouncement on Tuesday in Abakaliki while distributing 68 vehicles (SUVs) to some appointees who include Senior Special Assistants (SSA) Special Assistants (SA), Permanent Secretaries and members of the state House of Assembly.
The governor said it was baffling to see appointees grumbling in spite of having new vehicles and earning salaries as such persons were putting themselves in a terrible spiritual situation.
“Do you want to be like the people in the village? Everybody here, including myself is privileged and we are not better than those not in this position.
“Nobody should take him or herself as a superstar as you cannot be in the system and still be castigating it.
“Those who know what they are doing don’t have time to grumble but invent things but when you have nothing to offer, you gossip and complain to cover things,” he said

He said the government was “watching such persons with one eye”’, stressing that the vehicles still belonged to the government in spite of being used by the appointees.
“The vehicles are 99.9 per cent owned by the government and 0.1 per cent by the appointees and if you are leaving the government, you will give us the vehicles.
“There is no calculation in this as the number of days you will ride the cars is your own benefit,” he said.
Umahi said that the appointees’ transportation allowances
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