The transition committee set up by Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the planned recruitment of 1500 teachers by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as another evil plan aimed at crippling the finance of the state.
Newsonline reports that Adeleke through his committee stated that he already has a tested and trusted plan to bridge to work gap in the state education sector with proper financial prospects.
The Osun State government on Monday announced its plan to recruit 1500 teachers in the State.
In a statement signed and released to newsmen by Olawale Rasheed, Chairman, Media Sub-Committee, Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee in Osogbo, the Committee noted a tested scheme is already in place to bridge the workforce gap within the educational sector and a proper financial analysis has been concluded to address the knotty question of workers’ pay and entitlements.
The committee said the move was neither altruistic nor a patriotic rendering of service but has as its goal to deepen financing gridlock and to plunge Osun workers into another era of pain and hardship and perpetually placing the workforce in poverty and the state in under-development.
Part of the statement read: “As a freshly elected Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has a well-studied plan to fill the manpower gap within the educational sector and other areas of need within the state without further complicating the already troubled workforce and over-bloated remuneration space. A tested scheme is already in place to bridge the workforce gap within the educational sector and a proper financial analysis has been concluded to address the knotty question of workers’ pay and entitlements.
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“The plan to illegally recruit thousands of teachers and OYES personnel is, therefore, another evil agenda designed to disrupt the incoming Governor’s agenda to normalize Osun finances and restore dignity of labour through regular payment of salaries, gratuities and pensions. This move is neither altruistic nor a patriotic rendering of service.
“The goal is to deepen financing gridlock, plunge Osun workers into another era of pain and hardship and perpetually place the workforce in poverty and the state in under-development. As an incoming Governor with a popular mandate, Senator Ademola Adeleke will not allow the inhuman agenda of Governor Oyetola to prevail on Osun people.
“It is on this note that we call on Osun people to beware of involvement in politically motivated employment processes that won’t stand the test of time. We urge job seekers and all other stakeholders to distance themselves from this desperate ploy as any illegal recruitment won’t be recognized by the incoming government.
“As we have noted in several statements, any bureaucrat who aids and abets the several illegalities being cooked up and executed by the outgoing government will be held to account. Illegal disposal of government assets, fraudulent contract payments, scamming disposal of government assets, illegal recruitment, unconstitutional conduct of council elections and others will also be sternly revisited after November 28th. His Excellency’s vow to Osun people to deliver on good governance remains sacrosanct.”
