GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES “BACK TO LAND FOR AGRICULTURE” PROGRAMME: PUBLIC SERVANTS TO WORK FOR THREE DAYS & USE THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS TO FARM

-The Policy Won’t Affect Salaries
-June & July Salaries To Be Paid This Week

The government of Imo State has introduced a policy tagged“BACK TO LAND FOR AGRICULTURE” to enable the state engage and invest heavily in agriculture for self-sustenance since from all indications the state can no longer depend on monthly allocation for survival.

The governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha disclosed the “Back To Land For Agriculture” policy of the state government when traditional rulers from the state operating under the aegis of Royal fathers in Agriculture paid him courtesy call at the Government House Owerri on Monday, August 1, 2016. He said, the State Executive Council has given approval to the new policy.

Against the backdrop of the “Back to Land for Agriculture” Programme, the governor directed that public servants in the state would now work from Mondays to Wednesdays, and use Thursdays and Fridays for agriculture (farming) while Saturdays can be used for ceremonies. And the directive takes effect from Monday August 1, 2016.

However, the governor exempted public servants on essential duties like the teachers, nurses, doctors and people involved in Internally Generated Revenue drive. Political appointees are also exempted from the three-days working periods.

The governor added “we shall try this programme for the period of one year, starting from 1st of August 2016 and hopefully this will help. Let me make this emphasis before it is misconstrued or misrepresented, that this does not in any way affect the salaries of the workers. Workers will get their full salaries as been the practice. So the policy does not mean that there will be a cut in salary rather let us now find a way for our workers to supplement their salaries”.

He continued “for this reason the issue of annual leave and casual leave is hereby cancelled. Resumption time for work has changed from 8am to 7.30am in the morning and ends by 4pm. Any worker that is not found on his or her seat between 7.30am and 4pm on the days concerned will be summarily dismissed”.

“Everybody must go back to agriculture. Every political appointee must own a farm. The youths would also be encouraged to take to agriculture. Schools including Universities, Polytechnics and Secondary schools in the state must own farms. The Community Government Council (CGC) must be strengthened for the sake of this agricultural programme”.

“Two billion naira (N2b) has been set aside at the micro-finance bank for the purpose of this Back To Land For Agriculture policy so that those willing can access it. And time is gone again when politicians and some Imolites will come to government in the pretence of farming and collect loans and use it to buy cars and marry new wives”.

“Again, the June and July Salaries would be paid this week. We are making sure that our workers are comfortable and our pensioners are happy because this is one area the whole nation is having a serious challenge. Our problem is not being unable to pay salaries but paying over-bloated salaries. We are also making effort to pay our pensioners once the harmonization is over”.

“I also want to announce that government has appealed to families and those who organize burials on Mondays to Wednesdays to please change and have their burials on Saturdays so that we can concentrate on the government’s work and on the agricultural programme.

“Everything that has to do with agriculture no matter what shape it comes, government will support it. So many countries are going through economic crisis because of the fall in oil. Our nation is also going through very difficult moment. We have taken responsibility as leaders and we are not blaming anyone. Wise nations and leaders save for the rainy days. There were periods the oil price was in our favour. But those incharge then blew the money. They made no savings. Today the oil price globally has crashed and here we are. And we must fall back to agriculture as the panacea” Governor Okorocha stated.

Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

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ok nice one.

APC has turned government in Nigeria into traditional institution

Imo state is cursed. The FG should close the state down and chase away everybody including Okoroawusa

kaorama:
APC has turned government in Nigeria into traditional institution

No. The governor is being realistic by reducing number work days and work load by 40%. It is only a matter of time before he proposes a 40% pay reduction. Their effort has no bearing with their pay n it is natural they flow with the tide instead of harrassing the ship's captain.

Imo state is finally down and out...all thanks to APC

Wetin them dey do for office before than unnecessary wastage of time on bureaucracy? Each offices are over-staffed, yet all they do is signing in: read newspapers and sign out on or before 4pm.

Public service: the surest avenue to laziness.

Standing5:
No. The governor is being realistic by reducing number work days and work load by 40%. It is only a matter of time before he proposes a 40% pay reduction. Their effort has no bearing with their pay n it is natural they flow with the tide instead of harrassing the ship's captain.

Ate u one of the palace errand boys? Good to know

Imo state is CURSED so it can only get worse


Abagworo please confirm

This Okoroawusa is a complete waste of human endeavor. Since he became governor, Imo State has fallen behind Anambra State, Abia State and Delta State in academic achievements. What level of depth would this moronic dingbat drag Imo State? Who gets the salary of Imo State civil servants in two days of the week they will be absent from job? This con artist is deliberately sticking it to Imo State electorates.

Abagworo. come and see

owerri is being molested by roach-ass

Standing5:
No. The governor is being realistic by reducing number work days and work load by 40%. It is only a matter of time before he proposes a 40% pay reduction. Their effort has no bearing with their pay n it is natural they flow with the tide instead of harrassing the ship's captain.

He reduced their work by 40% without reducing the pay. It is equivalent to 40% salary increase. He dimply made a statement which we all know deep in our hearts.

DerideGull:
This Okoroawusa is a complete waste of human endeavor. Since he became governor, Imo State has fallen behind Anambra State, Abia State and Delta State in academic achievements. What level of depth would this moronic dingbat drag Imo State? Who gets the salary of Imo State civil servants in two days of the week they will be absent from job? This con artist is deliberately sticking it to Imo State electorates.

What if he said they would now work 7 days? Nothing is good in the eyes of your enemy.

Okorocha will use the salary balance to fix owerri streets and roads

Standing5:
No. The governor is being realistic by reducing number work days and work load by 40%. It is only a matter of time before he proposes a 40% pay reduction. Their effort has no bearing with their pay n it is natural they flow with the tide instead of harrassing the ship's captain.

How many days in a week will teachers be going to school?

Okoroawusa is the greatest Nigerian

pedel:

How many days in a week will teachers be going to school?

3 Day for all Except maths and English Teachers

Abagworo:


He reduced their work by 40% without reducing the pay. It is equivalent to 40% salary increase. He dimply made a statement which we all know deep in our hearts.

I believe he is trying to make them accept one then force the other down their throats.

RRoyaId:
Imo state is cursed. They should closed the state down and chase away every body including Okoroawusa

guy you have only succeeded in showing us different pictures of the same road.there is know how any govt can repair or tar the entire road in the state.Mind you roads cost money.some road are even more than the entire monthly allocation of states

Read the full news and deduce facts yourself before Vanguard comes up with distorted stories.

pedel:

How many days in a week will teachers be going to school?

However, the governor exempted public servants on essential duties like the teachers, nurses, doctors and people involved in Internally Generated Revenue drive. Political appointees are also exempted from the three-days working periods.



The governor added “we shall try this programme for the period of one year, starting from 1st of August 2016 and hopefully this will help. Let me make this emphasis before it is misconstrued or misrepresented, that this does not in any way affect the salaries of the workers. Workers will get their full salaries as been the practice. So the policy does not mean that there will be a cut in salary rather let us now find a way for our workers to supplement their salaries”.



He continued “for this reason the issue of annual leave and casual leave is hereby cancelled. Resumption time for work has changed from 8am to 7.30am in the morning and ends by 4pm. Any worker that is not found on his or her seat between 7.30am and 4pm on the days concerned will be summarily dismissed”.



“Everybody must go back to agriculture. Every political appointee must own a farm. The youths would also be encouraged to take to agriculture. Schools including Universities, Polytechnics and Secondary schools in the state must own farms. The Community Government Council (CGC) must be strengthened for the sake of this agricultural programme”.



“Two billion naira (N2b) has been set aside at the micro-finance bank for the purpose of this Back To Land For Agriculture policy so that those willing can access it. And time is gone again when politicians and some Imolites will come to government in the pretence of farming and collect loans and use it to buy cars and marry new wives”.



“Again, the June and July Salaries would be paid this week. We are making sure that our workers are comfortable and our pensioners are happy because this is one area the whole nation is having a serious challenge. Our problem is not being unable to pay salaries but paying over-bloated salaries. We are also making effort to pay our pensioners once the harmonization is over”.



“I also want to announce that government has appealed to families and those who organize burials on Mondays to Wednesdays to please change and have their burials on Saturdays so that we can concentrate on the government’s work and on the agricultural programme.



“Everything that has to do with agriculture no matter what shape it comes, government will support it. So many countries are going through economic crisis because of the fall in oil. Our nation is also going through very difficult moment. We have taken responsibility as leaders and we are not blaming anyone. Wise nations and leaders save for the rainy days. There were periods the oil price was in our favour. But those incharge then blew the money. They made no savings. Today the oil price globally has crashed and here we are. And we must fall back to agriculture as the panacea” Governor Okorocha stated.





Sam Onwuemeodo

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

http://dailytimes.ng/imo-introduces-back-land-agriculture-scheme/

A very good policy. But not enough.

Govt should allocate parcels of land to these workers and monitor to ensure that they work on their farms on thurdays and fridays.

Otherwise, workers will loitre on those days..

Another hypnotised Imolite. Okoroawusa has done so much damage that all the places in Imo state looks messed, you can no longer tell the difference

Tell us how this is same picture?


Imo state is CURSED



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chrisblack:
guy you have only succeeded in showing us different pictures of the same road.there is know how any govt can repair or tar the entire road in the state.Mind you roads cost money.some road are even more than the entire monthly allocation of states

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Hmmmmmm

I thought PDP was bad until I tried APC. Now Imo is gone, the state Mbakwe built has gone bunkers.

Just imagine

DerideGull:
This Okoroawusa is a complete waste of human endeavor. Since he became governor, Imo State has fallen behind Anambra State, Abia State and Delta State in academic achievements. What level of depth would this moronic dingbat drag Imo State? Who gets the salary of Imo State civil servants in two days of the week they will be absent from job? This con artist is deliberately sticking it to Imo State electorates.

. I know you're not an imolite, why trouble yourself with the state's problem? LEAVE IT FOR IMOLITES! STOP TAKING PANADOL FOR ANOTHER MAN'S HEADACHE BRO!

kettykin:
I thought PDP was bad until I tried APC. Now Imo is gone, the state Mbakwe built has gone bunkers.

What is bad about this policy?

Abagworo:


What is bad about this policy?

The civil service in imo state has been reduced to the level of redundancy that would make imo civil service a joke, the same APC is busy importing grass from another country.
3 working days out of 5 working days simply means on Thursday and Friday the state machinery grinds to a halt