Ekiti government is prepared to relieve hundreds of workers of their official services following an employment anomaly.
Ayodele Fayose
The Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has sacked over 400 workers
recently engaged by the institution because their recruitment did not
follow due process, Punch reports.
The action followed a directive of the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who expressed reservation about the recruitment process.
The governor, who said this on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, wondered why
more than 400 persons would be offered employment without the positions
being advertised.
He spoke during an interactive session with the participants in the
N-Power Programme of the Federal Government from the state at the
Government House, Ado Ekiti.
No fewer than 3,400 people are taking part in the programme in the
state. Participants are to take part in education, health, community and
agriculture sectors for the next two years and would be paid a monthly
stipend of N30,000 each.
Fayose at the event promised a reward of N1m and full employment
for the best participant in the N-Power Programme. He, however, called
on the Federal Government to tackle unemployment headlong, saying the
N-Power Programme was only a palliative.
“This is only a palliative as it will last for only two years
and I am strongly appealing to the Federal Government to take the issue
of job creation serious. When somebody partakes in this programme and is
sent back to the labour market after two years, that is going back to
where he or she started, the labour market.
“As for us, we will do our duty to distribute participants to
where they would work and monitor them as well as ensuring that we do a
proper data capturing of the participants.
“For those in the agriculture arm of the programme, they can
take advantage of our desire to adequately support rice and cocoa
cultivation. We will support in the provision of inputs and clearing of
land. Next year, we are committing about N250m to clear farmlands across
the state. From among the participants, we can get serious ones who
could be useful in the teaching service and other areas,” he said.
The governor also emphasised the need to make appointment into public service free, fair and transparent.
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