Adamawa govt reinstates sacked 1,699 staff

The Adamawa State government has reinstated 1,699 workers disengaged from service in the state.

The Director- General, Media and Communications to the Governor, Solomon Kumangar, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Yola.

He said the affected workers were 699 batch D teachers who were earlier recruited and deployed to primary and secondary schools in the state.

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He added that 1,000 health workers were also reinstated into the service.

Kumangar said: “We conducted discreet investigation to determine anomalies with a view to right the wrong committed during their recruitment as we don’t want to witch-hunt anybody.

The present administration had recently recruited 70 additional Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) in the state.

“The initiative will promote good road culture among the motorists in the state.”

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