Return to work or face sanctions, Sheriff tells PDP workers

Worried by the refusal of the members of staff of the Peoples Democratic Party to resume work at the party national secretariat, its National Chairman, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff, has warned that any of them that failed to resume work would face sanctions.
Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr.Bernard Mikko, who issued the warning on behalf of the party, scolded the workers for taking sides in the leadership crisis in the party.
He said the action of the workers was against their conditions of employment which he said mandated them to be apolitical.
The workers had on Monday, said they would continue to stay off work at the national secretariat because they were afraid they could be attacked by hoodlums.
But Mikko said that all members of staff must return to work immediately.
He said, “All staff of the PDP National Secretariat that have not resumed duties should immediately go back to work.
“This notice serves as another opportunity for the staff of the to take advantage of the magnanimity of the leadership of Sheriff and resume duties in line with the press statement issued after the meeting of the National Working Committee of Wednesday March 1, 2017 and signed by the National Secretary, Prof Wale Adewale.
“Failure to heed the call by the National Secretary will attract disciplinary procedures as the staff is deemed to be conversant with their terms and conditions of employment, particularly the PDP Establishment Manual that stipulates that they remain apolitical.”
He said that recent events and pronouncements of some members of staff under the aegis of PDP Welfare Association, had shown that they had breached their terms of employment and conditions of service.
He said that the workers were now engaging in the selection, determination and emergence of their bosses who he said remain the bosses of the workers, adding that “this gross abuse of office and totally unacceptable.”