Osun State government has declared that those illegally employed into the state workforce by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola are no longer in the employment of the state government.
This was as the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration stated that no amount of blackmail can change the reality on ground.
The government made its stance known against the pockets of demonstration by some people it identified as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) employed towards the tail end of the last administration in the state.
The government, in a statement by the Special Assistant (Community Communications) to Governor Adeleke, Mr Tunde Busari, accused Oyetola of deliberately padding the state payroll with APC members.
This, it further claimed, Oyetola did in order to create the stage for deeper financial crisis, conflict and disharmony in the state.
“Those engaging in demonstrations are APC members smuggled into the state payroll by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
“By virtue of the Executive Order issued by Mr Governor, those workers illegally employed remain sacked and are no longer staff of the state government. No amount of demonstration and blackmail can change that reality.
“We have the details of plan by APC to deploy its disengaged members for demonstration.
“However, the people of Osun State are in the know of the whole situation, especially the several warnings by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while in opposition.
“We warned against colluding with Mr Oyetola during those last days when the former governor was issuing employment letter despite the state’s inability to pay staff salaries.
“Those APC members are now playing the script. They have failed from the beginning as this administration will not bow to unjustified demands from those who collaborated to deepen Osun financial woes,” it was added in the statement.
Recalled that former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had appointed some workers into the state workforce at the twilight of his administration.
Senator Ademola Adeleke, then the governor-elect, had declared that he would review the exercise, along with some other last-minute decisions taking by his immediate predecessor.
