Uzodimma lifts suspension on Imo worker after 30 years

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has lifted the suspension placed on a public servant, Eunan Amaeshi, by the administration of former Governor Evan Enwerem in December 1992.

This was contained in a statement issued by Amaeshi on Thursday.

He stated the governor’s gesture followed a letter of appeal sent to his office, noting that all he was asking for was not financial settlement, but the restoration of his innocence.

His letter to Governor Uzodimma read in part: “I write to bring to your kind attention the injustice clamped on me and executed by the operators of the Imo State Government since 1992-about 30 years now.

“I pray you will be moved by my story to assist me, sir, I am innocent.”

He said Uzodimma after receiving the letter reviewed the unholy treatment by not only lifting the suspension but also apologising to him.

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Amaeshi, who is an indigene of Umuri Anaimo in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, was recruited in 1991 as an Administrative Manager in Avutu Poultry Company, a state-owned establishment.

He was however sacked on December 31, 1992, for undisclosed reasons.

Amaeshi now an octogenarian was never queried for misconduct and there was no charge preferred against him in the law court before he was suspended indefinitely from work.

However, Amaeshi had in the past 30 years, petitioned successive governors of the state for a reversal of the unjust treatment meted him, to no avail.

After reviewing the letter attached with other documents, Uzodinma in a reply commended Amaeshi for living with such a burden for three decades.

The governor also apologised on behalf of the state government for the wrongdoing.

“May I, on behalf of my family, government, and the good People of Imo State, convey to you, our warmest regards.

“I write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 7th November 2022, which conveyed your plea for justice, in a matter dated back to 1992, thirty (30) years ago.

“I must commend you for this act of maturity, maintaining peace, and also for keeping faith with the Government of Imo State.

“It is on this note, that I tender the unreserved apologies of the Government of Imo State, for the injustice and lack of fair hearing meted out to you for three decades now.

“Posterity will remember you for maintaining peace, yet keeping faith and believing in the Government of Imo State under my watch, for justice,” Uzodimma stated.

The Star