Barely two months to the end of his
tenure, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose,
is set to recruit 1000 teachers and another
1000 workers of different categories into
the state’s civil service.
The move is currently creating angst
within the camp of the governor–elect,
Kayode Fayemi, who has rejected the move
and called on the citizens to be wary of
such employment.
But Mr Fayose has argued that the
recruitment was in keeping with his
promise to the people of Ekiti State.
A statement on Friday by the governor’s
Special Assistant on Public Communication
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the final
process of the recruitment exercise had
commenced.
“In addition to the forms already obtained
free of charge by the applicants, forms are
now available at the Teaching Service
Commission (TESCOM), Civil Service
Commission, Ministry of Health and other
relevant Ministries, Departments and
Agencies,” he said.
“Forms for applicants seeking employment
into the junior cadres of the public service
are available at N500 each while those for
the senior cadres are N1,000 each till
August 24, 2018.”
Mr Olayinka berated Mr Fayemi and his
party, APC, for criticising the recruitment
exercise.
“With less than two weeks to the end of
his tenure in 2014, Fayemi appointed eight
permanent secretaries and they are still in
office up till now,” Mr Olayinka recalled.
“He also recruited several workers behind
closed doors and they are still in the
service.”
He stated that Mr Fayemi should wait till
October 16 when he would be sworn in
governor, rather than acting as an
“alternate government.”
“It is on record that Governor Fayose
announced in January this year that
recruitment will be made into the state
public service and this was followed up with
distribution of employment forms in May,”
Mr Olayinka further said.
“This was consequent upon the existing
vacancies in the public service, especially
the teaching sector. There are schools
without adequate teachers in critical
subjects like Mathematics, Physics, English
and others. So the students that are
resuming in September should wait till
Fayemi assumes office?
“Most importantly, Fayose will carry out all
the functions of his office till October 16
and since there is need to employ workers,
the government will do so through a
transparent process.
“Isn’t it funny that the same APC people
that criticised the government for
constructing a modern Oja Oba Market in
Ado Ekiti are now kicking against allocation
of the shops to the people? So Governor
Fayose should build the market for Fayemi
to come and allocate the shops to his
cronies?
“The APC in Ekiti State should therefore be
reminded that there is still a government
in the State and that government will not
change until October 16, 2018.”
Earlier, Mr Fayemi had described the last
minute move by the outgoing administration
of Governor Fayose to recruit the workers
as a deliberate effort to put obstacles in
the way of the in-coming administration.
A statement by the Director of Media and
Publicity in the Office of the governor-elect,
Wole Olujobi, berated Mr Fayose for
embarking on a last minute mass
recruitment to allegedly deceive the
unsuspecting victims and set a booby-trap
for the incoming administration.
He said Mr Fayose was playing on the
intelligence of the people to paint a picture
of a man of the masses in clear infraction
on the law.
“It is a grand deception and sheer
wickedness for a governor that has refused
to pay workers and pensioners for between
six and 10 months to now turn around to
recruit about 2,000 workers in a selective
manner to favour his supporters only,” said
Mr Olujobi.
He also described the governor’s planned
recruitment as an act of desperation by a
governor who never cared for the people
but would always take advantage of them
in a most dehumanising manner.
“Once again, we call on Ekiti people as we did
in our recent press release to be wary of
Fayose’s last minute illegal deals,
transactions and mass recruitment which
do not follow due process,” he added.
“Any transaction so done shall be reviewed
by the incoming administration.”
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