* Urges civil servants to reject ‘Greek gift’
Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has made a mockery of the outgoing governor Adegboyega Oyetola over his last minute appointment of 30 permanent secretaries.
Adeleke is billed to be sworn-in on Sunday, November 27, as Oyetola steps aside after losing his second term election bid.
Only on Thursday last week, Oyetola elevated 30 senior civil servants to the position of permanent secretaries, thereby eliciting criticism from the Adeleke camp.
But Adeleke, who takes office as governor on Sunday, has vowed to sack the Oyetola appointees the next day – Monday.
His spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, warned pointedly that the new government will sack any civil servant that accepts Oyetola’s purported elevation.
“Any Coordinating Director who accepts a Permanent Secretary appointment from outgoing Governor Gboyega Oyetola will exit the service from November 28, Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned.
“The governor-elect affirmed that taking such appointments at this last minute indicated the readiness of those directors to exit the State’s service.
“We want to put on records that those who accept the appointments should be ready to leave the service whether or not their service tenure has reached statutory age. The occupants will be treated as political appointees who will automatically follow the outgoing Governor out of public service from November 28.
“At the same time, those who still want to remain in service of Osun State government should decline the Greek gift from the outgoing governor. We affirm that no waiver will be entertained in sacking from office any kangaroo permanent secretary.”