Fayemi, Fayose bicker over recruitment of 2000 teachers, workers in Ekiti
Ekiti State governor-elect Kayode Fayemi and outgoing governor Ayo Fayose are again having disagreement over administrative issues.
Fayemi, who will be sworn in as governor October 16, has said Fayose is attempting to disrupt his administration by putting plans in place to recruit about 1,000 teachers and 1,000 workers.
He says the move by Fayose was deliberate to put obstacles in the way of the in-coming administration.
“It is a grand deception and sheer wickedness for a governor that has refused to pay workers and pensioners for between six and 10 months to now turn around to recruit about 2,000 workers in a selective manner to favour his supporters only,” Wole Olujobi, Fayemi’s Director of Media and Publicity, said in a statement.
Fayose’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka however, said the same moves Fayemi was complaining about was what he did when he was vacating the seat in 2014.
“With less than two weeks to the end of his tenure in 2014, Fayemi appointed eight permanent secretaries and they are still in office up till now,” Olayinka said in a statement on Friday.
“He also recruited several workers behind closed doors and they are still in the service.
“It is on record that Governor Fayose announced in January this year that recruitment will be made into the state public service and this was followed up with distribution of employment forms in May.
“This was consequent upon the existing vacancies in the public service, especially the teaching sector. There are schools without adequate teachers in critical subjects like Mathematics, Physics, English and others. So the students that are resuming in September should wait till Fayemi assumes office?
“Most importantly, Fayose will carry out all the functions of his office till October 16 and since there is need to employ workers, the government will do so through a transparent process.
“Isn’t it funny that the same APC people that criticised the government for constructing a modern Oja Oba Market in Ado Ekiti are now kicking against allocation of the shops to the people? So Governor Fayose should build the market for Fayemi to come and allocate the shops to his cronies?
“The APC in Ekiti State should therefore be reminded that there is still a government in the State and that government will not change until October 16, 2018,” Olayinka further said.
