As governor suspends two public officers

Gbenga Ariyibi

ADO EKITI—Governor Ayodele Fayose’s plan to inaugurate an Appointment Committee to prepare ground for massive employment is a hoax, says All Progressives Congress, APC.

The party also said it had uncovered a plan by the governor to coerce state workers to vote for PDP in the Saturday elections or be prepared to lose their jobs.

A statement by APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said the deceit was hatched Monday afternoon at a meeting in his Spotless Hotel where he told his loyalists that he would constitute the committee to sway aggrieved members of PDP so that they could join him to work for the party in the Saturday’s election.

Olatubosun said Ekiti people should note that all the committee members that Fayose would announce at the inauguration ceremony slated for the Government House would be mainly aggrieved PDP members who are influential in their communities.

Ayodele Fayose

He said this is a grand lie and deceit Fayose is noted for, adding that the governor had no plan to appoint anybody as repeatedly said since he assumed duties.

“What is the job of the Civil Service Commission? What is the job of the Local Government Service Commission? Or does a governor need any committee before he can approve political appointments? What has he done with job applications he asked Ekiti youths to write during his campaign when he promised that jobs would be available immediately after his victory if Ekiti people voted for him?

“Check his Spotless Hotel where he packed all the application letters and you will discover that all the letters have been burnt,” Olatubosun said.

Suspension or workers

Meantime, Fayose is said to have placed two public officers on suspension following allegation of illegal deductions from the salary of teachers in the state.

The two officials are Mrs Owoseni R.K, former Education Secretary and Mrs Kayode F.F, an accountant from Ido-Osi Local Government Area of the state.

The duo were accused of illegal deductions from the salaries of teachers in the local government under the guise of recouping money for the repayment of laptops given to teachers by the former administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi.

Fayose said the two officials had four weeks to prove their innocence before a committee set up to investigate the matter.

“They have to go for suspension for four weeks, because the allegation against them are weighty, they would appear before a panel where they would show their innocence or otherwise,’’ he was quoted as saying.