Osun Workers Tackles Adeleke’s Govt, Walk Out Of Staff Audits Venue

,,,,,,,Civil servants in Osun state have reportedly walked out of an ongoing staff audit ordered by governor Ademola Adeleke over a disagreement with the consultant on the mode and other issues.

,,,,,The angry workers said said they are no more interested in the process.

The verification exercise which is on going at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding continued yesterday with workers of the Hospitals Management Board expected to appear

,,,,,,Recall that the Academic and non-academic staff of Osun State-owned tertiary Institutions have called on the state government to decentralise the planned staff audit of the state workforce.

The unions however, threatened to,,,,,,embark on industrial action if the consulting firm failed to reason and put concerns they’ve raised into consideration.

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The Institutions’ unions in a letter signed by the Chairmen and secretaries, addressed to Governor, Ademola Adeleke a copy,,,,,,which was made available to our correspondent called for immediate decentralization of the 2023 annual State-wide staff audit.

……The Academy Staff Union of the three institutions, ASUP, COEASU, NASU,
SSANIP of Osun State polytechnic, Iree, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke and Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun said there was the need for urgent review of the State-wide staff audit.

,,,,,,Speaking, the chairman of the Academy Staff Union, (ASUP) of the Osun State polytechnic, Iree, Comrade Dr. Fatai Afolabi said the Governor Adeleke should direct the consulting firm on the need to decentralize the exercise.

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,,,,,,,,Fatai who spoke on behalf of other union leaders further said that the centralization of the whole exercise at centre for Black Culture and International in Osogbo will add more burden on the workers in the state at this time when people are battling with the hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal.

Describing Adeleke as worker’s friendly governor, Fatai urged the government to decentralize the annual State staff,,,,,,audit by directing the consultant firm to move around the various institutions in order not to add to the hardship of the workers.

Fatai noted that the said staff auditing is not first time in the history,,,,,,,of the state, saying the exercise had been done by the previous administrations urging the consulting firm.

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