FG sacks workers

<p><strong>FG sacks workers&&num;8230&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Federal Government has unfolded plans to reduce the size of the work force by laying off workers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Nation<&sol;em> reports that the government is already working out an exit package for workers that would be affected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; there was disquiet as Labour described the plan to sack workers as a reversal of the much advertised Federal Government’s employment drive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minister of Finance&comma; Budget and National Planning Mrs&period; Zainab Ahmed said it was imperative to reduce the size of government because of the huge amount government spent on recurrent expenditure annually&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However there are fears that this will compound the unemployment crisis in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ahmed said government is working on an <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;exit package”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>to be paid to those that will be affected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Explaining the reason for the proposed sack&comma; the finance minister said&colon; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are revenue challenged&period; So&comma; everything we do&comma; we can’t put an exit package if you are not willing to cash it immediately&period; So&comma; when you are asking people to exit by choice&comma; you must be able to give them that package as they are exiting”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;malami-confirms-sending-police-to-magodo-blasts-southwest-governors&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">Malami Confirms Sending Police To Magodo&comma; Blasts Southwest Governors<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>She added&colon;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are so many things that are happening&period; These are not easy decisions to make because they affect people and families&period; So&comma; you have to make sure that whatever we commit to we are actually going to deliver on it”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Labour unions have called for caution&comma; urging the Federal Government to have a rethink over sack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The unions asked the Federal Government to ensure that affected workers should be paid their full entitlements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;