Former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State
on Wednesday and his successor, Governor Abiola Ajimobi, engaged each
other in a war of words over the recent sacking of some top government
officials.
Alao-Akala had in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, described the development as callous and a signal of intimidation to other civil servants.
He said, “While former Governor Alao-Akala retained all the 16 permanent secretaries he inherited and promoted more into that hierarchy, Ajimobi promptly retired two young permanent secretaries and the newly appointed Accountant-General of the state in a most bizarre manner, calling them to the office and telling them ‘You are sacked.’
“Our people should brace up for more of such infraction on the fundamental rights of our people.”
But in a swift reaction, Ajimobi said his administration had excellence as its watchword and as such, “would not suffer fools gladly, in the name of continuing with a tradition of keeping dead woods and those who will not benefit the state.”
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Dr. Festus Adedayo, the governor explained that one of the permanent secretaries retired voluntarily and the other one’s services were found not to be needed by the state government.
He explained further that in the case of the latter, there was a brotherly discussion of the issue between her and government and an agreement reached on why government, in the interest of the people, must appoint a more competent hand into the office.
He said, “The fact that Alao-Akala inherited 16 permanent secretaries and didn’t find anything wrong with their output is not an indication of benevolence. It may signal a deficiency.
“This was vivid in the quality of institutions the former governor left behind in Oyo State. Governor Ajimobi will promote excellence in civil service but will not, in the spirit of keeping with a tradition of incompetence, reward mediocrity and downgrade excellence.”
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
Alao-Akala had in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, described the development as callous and a signal of intimidation to other civil servants.
He said, “While former Governor Alao-Akala retained all the 16 permanent secretaries he inherited and promoted more into that hierarchy, Ajimobi promptly retired two young permanent secretaries and the newly appointed Accountant-General of the state in a most bizarre manner, calling them to the office and telling them ‘You are sacked.’
“Our people should brace up for more of such infraction on the fundamental rights of our people.”
But in a swift reaction, Ajimobi said his administration had excellence as its watchword and as such, “would not suffer fools gladly, in the name of continuing with a tradition of keeping dead woods and those who will not benefit the state.”
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Dr. Festus Adedayo, the governor explained that one of the permanent secretaries retired voluntarily and the other one’s services were found not to be needed by the state government.
He explained further that in the case of the latter, there was a brotherly discussion of the issue between her and government and an agreement reached on why government, in the interest of the people, must appoint a more competent hand into the office.
He said, “The fact that Alao-Akala inherited 16 permanent secretaries and didn’t find anything wrong with their output is not an indication of benevolence. It may signal a deficiency.
“This was vivid in the quality of institutions the former governor left behind in Oyo State. Governor Ajimobi will promote excellence in civil service but will not, in the spirit of keeping with a tradition of incompetence, reward mediocrity and downgrade excellence.”
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
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