Many civil servants had condemned the action, stating that not every civil servant used the buses, as some of them live in areas, the buses did not operate.

Their rejection of the policy however fell on deaf ears, as Uzodinma went ahead with the bus programme, as well as deducting part of the workers' salaries for the programme.

In a circular that was made available to Verbatim News yesterday, we were informed that the governor had ordered the withdrawal of the buses till further notice.

While no reason was given for the directive, we learned the drivers were instructed to take the buses to the State Secretariat and drop them there.