PDP To Sack Over 4000 Workers In Ekiti

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti state has made it known that its government would sack all the government workers that were employed after the June 21 governorship election by the outgoing administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi.
Premium Times reports that the governor-elect, who is a PDP candidate, Ayo Fayose will be resuming office in October, after defeating Mr. Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress.
The Ekiti PDP has however in a statement made its decision known, through the party’s spokesperson in the state, Kola Oluwawole, saying the outgoing administration acted callously and primitively by putting landmines on the way of its successor.

Kola who revealed that the party is aware of the number of the workforce in Ekiti State before the governorship poll and vowed to resist the new recruitments made recently by the APC government.

The spokesperson said: “We know what the staff strength in the core civil service, the teaching service, the local government, the House of Assembly, the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State and others was before the June 21 governorship election in which our party thoroughly trounced Fayemi and his APC,” the PDP said.

“We also know how the Fayemi administration has illegally recruited over 3,000 into the civil service, 1,000 into Ekiti State University, over 100 into BSES, and over 1,500 into the teaching service among others after they lost the election and how they are clever by half by backdating the letters of appointment.

“The question the good people of Ekiti State should ask Fayemi and his party is – why are they just waking up to engage in massive recruitment in the twilight of their tenure in office.
Those given such letters of appointment should consider themselves to be on temporary appointment as having a victory that is short-lived.”

However, the Chief Secretary to the governor, Olayinka Oyebode, has debunked the rumour, saying the outgoing administration did not undertake any fresh recruitment as claimed by the PDP.

He also said the employment process had been completed since February following due process and that those employed assumed duties long before the election.

“We don’t know how they came about that. They have been going about saying a lot of things.
They do not understand the concept of governance,” Olayinka said