* Declares exercise a nullity
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has declared the employment of over 12,000 persons into the State’s Civil Service as null and void.
It accused Governor Gboyega Oyetola of engaging the workers after losing the July 16 governorship election.
The PDP threatened that all the post-election employees will be sacked when Adeleke’s government comes on board.
According to the party, the Adeleke’s administration will nullify all recent “illegal and ill-intentioned appointments” by the outgoing administration immediately after the governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, assumes the mantle of leadership on November 27.
The State Caretaker Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle, through a statement on Friday, said all key appointments, such as the ones for Iree and Esa Oke Polytechnics as well as the recent “criminal appointment” of the new Project Coordinator for World Bank -sponsored Rural Access and Agricultural Mobility Agency project, would be upturned.
According to him, they were done in contravention of enabling laws of the institutions and regulatory protocol governing the critical rural development project.
“We also want to put on record that the outgoing administration has employed over 12, 000 workers of various cadres since the July 16 elections.
“We have been warning members of the public not to engage in such bankrupting agenda. We had also issued several statements declaring such employment exercise a nullity.
“Any employment conducted in the last several weeks will not stand and will not enter the state payroll. We are in the know that the majority of those employed against due process are members of the APC purposely designed to weaken the financial base of the State.
“Our administration will not hesitate to sack all those illegally employed by Mr Oyetola in his last days in office,” the party affirmed.
“We also want to put it on record that the outgoing administration has employed over 12,000 workers of various cadres since the July 16 elections.”
The party also noted that the Osun State is about to lose out on the $150million World Bank-supported Rural Access and Agricultural Mobility Agency due to the “illegal sacking” of the present project Coordinator whose appointment was advertised, noting that proper selection was supervised by the World Bank officials led by the National Coordinator in the year 2020.
He also warned accountants and financial institutions against consenting to last-minute movement of funds.