Atare Awin an aide to the Delta State Commissioner in-charge of Directorate of Project Monitoring and Audit, has lost her job for openly expressing her political views, which are leaning towards the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi.
The commissioner Anthony Onoriode Ofoni in a letter to Miss Awin said her views run contrary to political aspirations of the Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa who is running mate to the People Democratic Party presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku.
Awin, a former councillor had posted on her Facebook wall: “Most of the ‘obedients’ are PDP and APC people who are tired of bad government. Does that mean they don’t have a voter’s card?”
The commissioner stated in a letter to Awin on Tuesday that she was fired for sharing counter opinions about Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration.
The letter read, “I wish to inform you of your disengagement as Special Assistant Technical Aide to my office as the Delta State Commissioner for Project Monitoring/Audit.
“This decision became necessary owing to your well-publicized opinions on the policies and programs of the Delta State Government and PDP at large, which are in contradiction to what the State Government had achieved in the last 7 years.”
