A member of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) Transition Committee, Kassim Afegbua has accused the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, of converting his political aides into full-time civil service staff.

Afegbua, in a statement in Benin, said the category of the appointees were Senior Special Assistants (SSA) and Special Assistants (SA) and 186 of such appointees were appointed in September this year.

He said Obaseki, for eight years refused to recruit civil servants to fill up vacant positions and energize the civil service. 

In its reaction, Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osage said employment in the Edo State Public Service since the outset of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has focused on serving the people.