The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West has accused the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) of deliberate destruction of the Civil Service in the South-West States, saying; “the way and manner appointments are being made into the service is dangerous for the maintenance of the culture of seniority and professionalism in the service.”<\/p>\n
The party said laid down public service rules were being jettisoned with junior officers being promoted above their seniors, non-career civil servants being appointed Permanent Secretary and Directors General and attempt being made to appoint a serving judge in Lagos State as Chief Judge of another State.<\/p>\n
According to a statement issued today by the PDP Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade, the party faulted Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for appointing a civil servant who has 38 doctors as seniors and had only spent 16 years as Permanent Secretary, saying; “If these governors are not cautioned, we will soon get to a level where Clerical Officer will be appointed as Permanent Secretary and someone just appointed as judge appointed as Chief Judge.”<\/p>\n
“They started in Lagos State by appointing non-career civil servants like Mr. Segun Ayobolu, Senator Gbenga Ashafa and Muri Okunola as Permanent Secretaries and Directors General.<\/p>\n
“Now they have imported their disregard for Public Service rules to others States.<\/p>\n
“In Ekiti State for instance, Fayemi appointing his cousin, Mr Lekan Owolabi, a Local Government Treasurer as the State Accountant General, he appointed Mr. Dayo Apata, a Federal Civil Servant, who is also his cousin as Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General and a few days ago, he capped it up by appointing someone who has 38 Doctors as her seniors as Permanent Secretary.<\/p>\n
“In Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has tried albeit unsuccessfully to install Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, a judge who is number 12 in Lagos State as the Chief Judge of the State.<\/p>\n
“They are also sacking public servants because they were appointed or promoted by past governments pretending not to know that governance is a continuum.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Ekiti State, over 20 permanent Secretaries have been sacked while 23 were forced to resign in Ogun State.<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from Permanent Secretaries, Accountant General, Auditor General, Local Government Directors of Administration and Treasurers were also sacked in Ekiti State.<\/p>\n
\u201cJunior staff are also not being spared by the ACN vindictive governors as over 7,000 have been sacked in Ekiti, over 3,000 sacked in Oyo and 2,500 sacked in Ogun.<\/p>\n
“All these are actions capable of destroying the Public Service and we urge the ACN governors to put a stop to them before they destroy governance in the South-West States,” Babade said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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