Adeleke Denies Firing 12,000 Employees And Three Monarchs

Adeleke Denies Firing 12,000 Employees And Three Monarchs

Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has denied firing 12,000 employees and removing three monarchs from power in the state.

This clarification was provided by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on the talk show program “Frank Talk” on Rave FM in Osogbo.

He clarified that no employee was fired; instead, a panel set up by the state government reviewed each employee’s employment.

Rasheed said: “There was never sack of any worker or traditional ruler. We only set up a review panel. It is impossible to sack and put a review panel in place.

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“The review panel is to look at the numbers of the people that were employed, due processes of the employment, and qualification among other things.

 

“Before our taking over, there were issues of backdating of employment, even till last year. So order 1-5 will be operationalized by order 6 which are the panels.

 

“Those that were employed from July 17 till our takeover are still at work presently, they have not been sacked. The staff audit will review the employment. Within 4 hours, Adeleke has dismantled the illegality of 4 months, all the bobby traps he has dismantled them.”

Remember that from July 17 until his inauguration on Monday, November 28, Gboyega Oyetola’s job and appointments were canceled thanks to Adeleke’s signing of Executive Orders 3, 4, and 5. Another Executive Order that deposed three of the monarchs Oyetola had appointed was also issued by him.

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According to him, executive orders 1 through 5 indicate the administration’s intentions to review, invalidate, and set aside them, and order 6, which establishes the makeup of the panel, serves as the vehicle through which the orders are carried out.

The order states: “All employments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals after July 17th, 2022 be and are hereby nullified.

 

“All appointments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals after 17th July, 2022 be and are hereby reversed.

 

“Executive Order number five on Chieftaincy Affairs and appointment of traditional rulers. All appointments of traditional rulers made by Osun State Government after 17th July, 2022, are hereby ordered to be reviewed to ensure there was strict compliance with due process of chieftaincy declarations and native law, custom, and tradition relating to such chieftaincies.

 

“In the case of Ikirun, Iree, and Igbajo, to avoid further breakdown of law and order, the appointments of Akinrun of Ikinrun, Aree of Ire, and Owa of Igbajo are hereby put on hold pending review. Subsequently, the palaces of Akinrun of Ikirun, Aree of Iree, and Owa of Igbajo should remain unoccupied, while security agencies are hereby ordered to take charge.”