Anambra LG workers decry shortage of staff, say many departments may go extinct

Local authorities workers successful Anambra State person decried the acute shortage of manpower successful the respective assembly areas, lamenting that with the mode things are, galore departments whitethorn spell extinct successful the adjacent future.

The workers made this reflection connected Wednesday during the 2026 Local Government Service Week, which held astatine the Anambra State Local Government Service Commission compound, with the taxable 'Innovation and Efficiency successful Local Government Service: The Solution Agenda'.

The president of the readying committee of the work week, Dr Mrs Helen Orie, successful her code lamented that each the 21 section authorities councils successful the authorities were experiencing acute shortage of workers.

She harped connected the request for grooming and retraining of workers and besides enhancing the payment of existing staff, stating that with the mode things are presently, caller hands whitethorn not beryllium attracted to the sector.

Orie said, "We privation to convey the politician for his efforts truthful far, but we privation to bring to your announcement that we person acute shortage of workers successful the section authorities system.

"In fact, galore departments whitethorn dice disconnected successful the nearest aboriginal due to the fact that of deficiency of qualified manpower to antheral specified offices. We commune that the politician volition o.k. the employment of section authorities staff. Kindly see this requests arsenic portion of your medication resoluteness to gathering a stronger section authorities system.

She besides ...