Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has directed all political appointees in his administration who have defected to, or publicly declared allegiance to, other political parties to resign their appointments within 48 hours.
The governor said failure to comply with the directive would attract immediate termination of appointment and forfeiture of all salaries, entitlements and benefits attached to their offices.
Fintiri gave the directive in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou.
According to the governor, the measure is necessary to preserve loyalty, discipline and the integrity of public service within the administration.
He noted that political office holders were appointed to support and implement the policies, programmes and political agenda of the government under which they serve.
“Continued service by persons who have aligned with another party poses a clear risk of sabotage, information leakage, and obstruction of policy implementation and party strategy,” the governor said.
Fintiri therefore directed all affected appointees to submit their letters of resignation to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) within 48 hours.
He also directed the Office of the SSG and the Office of the Head of Service to compile, verify and submit a comprehensive list of all affected political appointees for compliance monitoring.
The governor warned that any appointee who failed to comply with the directive within the stipulated period would face immediate removal from office.
“Failure to comply with this directive within the stipulated timeframe shall result in immediate termination of appointment, cessation of all salaries, entitlements and benefits, and further administrative action,” he stated.
Fintiri stressed that public office is a position of trust that must be exercised in line with the vision, mandate and political direction of the administration.
“This is a clear message that public office is held in trust and must align with the vision, agenda and mandate of the administration. Government cannot condone divided loyalty in the discharge of public trust,” he added.
The directive takes immediate effect.
