Chief Emeka Ihedioha, the former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has slammed Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state over the dismissal of at least 3000 workers in 19 parastatals, agencies and departments.

According to Ihedioha, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Imo state, the recent  dismissal of over 3,000 workers by Governor Okorocha is “reckless, insensitive and completely lacking in economic sense”, Vanguard reports.

He said: “There is no doubt that the Nigerian economy is facing a downturn as a result of dwindling oil revenue but the solution is not arbitrary disengagement of workers and scrapping of key parastatals, such as the Hospital Management Board, Imo Water Corporation, Imo State Investment Promotion Agency, Imo State Library Board, Agricultural Development Programme and others.

“Having anchored his (Okorocha) election campaign mantra on job, industry, factory and employment, Imo people looked forward to more jobs, employment opportunities and improved working conditions instead of disengaging the already demoralized workers.

 “Choosing to sack thousands of workers as the only viable option to tackling the state’s dwindled economic base is unfortunate, senseless, uncharitable and anachronistic.”