Ekiti Assembly speaks on sacked University workers

Newsflash247 recalls that no fewer than 1,000 staff of Ekiti State University were laid off in controversial circumstance, while many others also got their appointments terminated at the State College of Health Sciences Technology in 2019.

Emmanuel AmudaDecember 10, 2020

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Ekiti State House of Assembly has spoken about some workers of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) and the College of Health Technology that were sacked by the management of the two institutions.

Newsflash247 recalls that no fewer than 1,000 staff of Ekiti State University were laid off in controversial circumstance, while many others also got their appointments terminated at the State College of Health Sciences Technology in 2019.

But the House of Assembly condemned the manner in which the appointments of some workers of the institutions were terminated.

It said such actions by the two institutions were antithetical to the five pillars of Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government and its good governance agenda for the people.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Public Petition, Adegoke Olajide, stated this yesterday during an interface between the committee and the management of the College of Health Technology, Ijero Ekiti and Ekiti State University, over the recent termination of appointment of some workers of the two state-owned institutions.

The chairman, reacting to the letters submitted to it by the sacked workers, frowned at the indiscriminate termination of appointment being witnessed recently.

He charged the management of the two institutions to give the workers fair hearing and be transparent in the report of the panel of enquiry being considered.

Olajide also urged the two management to be transparent in handling the matters that have to do with the welfare of their staffs.

According to him, ” Though some of the workers of the College of Health Technology were alleged of misappropriation of funds, the commitment of the present administration to fair hearing good governance and fair play has never been in doubt.”

He promised that justice would be done, particularly on the issues concerning those who have genuine evidence to prove wrongful termination and that the Committee would not hesitate to review shoddy report that might be submitted by any panel of enquiry before the implementation of such report.