A major shake-up in the Ogun State Civil service
has claimed eight permanent secretaries including the Clerk of the state
House of Assembly, Mr. Demola Badejo, and the immediate past
Accountant-General of the state, Mr. Babatunde Salau.
Although no details of the compulsory retirement were made public by the state government officials, investigations by our correspondent, however, revealed that the retirement was part of the ongoing mass purge in the state public service.
Those who were affected apart from Badejo and Salau included the erstwhile Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Babajide Oyeti, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Seyi Banjoko.
Others include Messrs. Jide Oyenuga, Kehinde Ogunfowodu, Moshood Opebiyi and Mufutau Lawal.
Sources close to the Oke-Mosan Governor’s Office also revealed that the state government had commenced the downward review of salaries of permanent secretaries who at the twilight of the administration of immediate past governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, were allegedly given an undue upward review of salaries.
The Amosun-led administration in the state was allegedly irked by the fact that some of the affected officials were said to have been promoted outside the state Civil Service guidelines and procedure, a development that had generated unnecessary controversy among other colleagues.
Our correspondent learnt that the salary review was as a result of the current financial position of the state.
The retirement of the affected permanent secretaries had become a subject of discussion among top civil service staff in the state and the affected officials were said to have received the news with shock.
One of the affected officials who spoke in a telephone interview with our correspondent confirmed the development but added that the state government had not issued official letters to the affected staff.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, took his plight as an act of God and declined to comment further on the issue.
Reacting to the development, the state government, through the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, denied knowledge of the retirement.
Speaking to journalists on telephone, Wakama said, “I am not aware, but I will try to get across to the governor who is currently attending a meeting of the Governors’ Forum in Abuja.”
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
Although no details of the compulsory retirement were made public by the state government officials, investigations by our correspondent, however, revealed that the retirement was part of the ongoing mass purge in the state public service.
Those who were affected apart from Badejo and Salau included the erstwhile Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Babajide Oyeti, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Seyi Banjoko.
Others include Messrs. Jide Oyenuga, Kehinde Ogunfowodu, Moshood Opebiyi and Mufutau Lawal.
Sources close to the Oke-Mosan Governor’s Office also revealed that the state government had commenced the downward review of salaries of permanent secretaries who at the twilight of the administration of immediate past governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, were allegedly given an undue upward review of salaries.
The Amosun-led administration in the state was allegedly irked by the fact that some of the affected officials were said to have been promoted outside the state Civil Service guidelines and procedure, a development that had generated unnecessary controversy among other colleagues.
Our correspondent learnt that the salary review was as a result of the current financial position of the state.
The retirement of the affected permanent secretaries had become a subject of discussion among top civil service staff in the state and the affected officials were said to have received the news with shock.
One of the affected officials who spoke in a telephone interview with our correspondent confirmed the development but added that the state government had not issued official letters to the affected staff.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, took his plight as an act of God and declined to comment further on the issue.
Reacting to the development, the state government, through the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, denied knowledge of the retirement.
Speaking to journalists on telephone, Wakama said, “I am not aware, but I will try to get across to the governor who is currently attending a meeting of the Governors’ Forum in Abuja.”
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
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