The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has alleged that Governor Ayodele Fayose is planning to sack workers after the forthcoming general elections.
The party also accused the governor of undue harassment of teachers perceived not to be friendly with his government, describing it as “not a mark of dispassionate leadership.”
In a statement on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti, the State Publicity Secretary, Tauwo Olatubosun, alleged that the governor had embarked on selective transfers of some teachers from towns to the remote communities across the state.
“We are worried that shortly after he was sworn in, the governor started marking down all the teachers he perceived as not supporting him for punishment.
“What we have now is taking authority to transfer teachers from the Teaching Service Commission and place it in the hands of his Special Assistant on Internal Security, who goes around schools in the state, pointing to those to be transferred to rural areas and telling them the reasons for that punishment,” Olatubosun said.
But Fayose’s Special Assistant on Information, Lanre Ogunsuyi, in an interview with our correspondent, said the allegation was “unfounded.”
He said, “The APC, having tried unsuccessfully to give us a difficult beginning, is now embarking on another round of propaganda. But we are determined and focused. We are not going to sack workers because they are the people that voted for us.
“As for posting of teachers, it is a routine thing. We are aware that education was at the lowest ebb in the last administration, even after states having challenges of Boko Haram.
“The reorganisation of the primary and secondary has been left in the hands of professionals. We have allowed the Head of Service, who is a professional, to have a free hand. So, whoever is posted knows it is within the ambit of his employment letter and terms of condition.”
The APC spokesman said it was callous to plan the retrenchment of workers after refusing to pay their two months salaries.
“We now know the reason why the governor called workers to a meeting at Ekiti Parapo Square, where he told them that it would be difficult to pay their salaries starting from March.
“The question is: what is the governor doing with the allocations and savings made through cuts in running grants, sacking of permanent secretaries and abolition of social security scheme for the elderly, traffic management agency and Peace Corps running into millions of naira, particularly as he runs a lean government of four-member cabinet? Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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he said the voted him as their thug not as governor... so let them continue!!!
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