The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Joint Union has dismissed the corruption allegations and abuse of power levelled against the 6th Governing Board and its Chairman, Musa Babayo.

Chairmen of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Paul Onimisi, and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), Idris Abdulmumin, in a statement on Sunday, said the allegations were not true.

According to them, the publications and press releases did not emanate from the joint union and did not reflect the union’s view and position.

Onimisi explained that the union, as a democratic body, believed in decorum and due diligence in all its operations and found the claims offensive and belittling, adding that they did not make those statements nor endorse such contents therein.

He pointed out that the publication might have arisen from those he called “unscrupulous persons” who want to use the name of the joint union to score cheap personal points.

He accused the media houses that published the press releases of failing to do their due diligence, as the signatures and names used were scanned and lifted by unknown mischievous persons who are bent on tarnishing the union’s reputation.

“The Joint Union, therefore, distances itself entirely from that publication and requests that it be retracted because it’s mischievous and malicious. The Union remains committed to constructive engagements on the Agency’s operations.

“The Union pledges its allegiance to the 6th Governing Board Chairman, the Management of FERMA and its staff so long as it is within the ambit of the Public Service Rule (PSR) and the FERMA Act towards achieving the Agency’s legitimate statutory mandate,” the statement added. (The Nation)