By TINA TIMOTHY

An All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftain in Anambra State, Comrade Chuma-Odili Harris Udoka (PhD), has warned public office holders in the state “who are not ready to work diligently to compliment the good efforts of Governor Chukwuma Soludo to ‘throw in the towel’ and ‘get out of the scene”.

Udoka was reacting to the derogatory response of Anambra Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chukwuma-Ude, to a teacher applicant who called her for information regarding a recently held recruitment exercise. Udoka in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday noted that public office holders are ‘accountable to the people’ who put them there hence arrogance and insolence will not be tolerated.

“Public office holders should know that they are accountable to the people.

“All political appointees serving under Prof Soludo led Administration, should be careful not to mess up the system that we are patiently waiting for productive leadership and good governance. Advisedly, the Soludo's administration had started on good note, and the momentum should be sustained.

“If you’re not ready to serve ndi Anambra diligently, with every sense of humility, kindly throw in the towel, and get out of the scene. We cannot afford a repeat of the recent ugly past.

“If you think it’s business as usual, we will drag you up and down in this spatial space without recourse to your position or title. We will not allow arrogant public officials, insolently proud individuals to Lord over us, never, not again”, he said.