By: Emmanuel Dominic
The Ondo State Government on the 23rd, Monday of August released a statement, saying it has promoted over 6,106 workers of the state civil service and has recruited 1,843 new workers to the service.
The government stated, the new workers recruited were in the engineering, health, and education sectors while workers who were promoted cut across all the ministries, departments, and various agencies of the government.
Mr. Niran Adeyemo, the State Head of Service made this in Akure the capital of the state while speaking with the PRESS on the activities to mark the Public Service Day celebration, slated for the 24th and 25th of August 2021.
He then stated that the recruitment and promotion exercise was approved by the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu.
In his statement, “The government has promoted a total of 6,128 workers in the civil service. Some of the workers have collected their promotion letters, while some are still collecting theirs now. We have also recruited 1,200 teachers who have undergone training.”
“We have also recently employed 18 qualified engineers into the Ministry of Works to work in the ongoing infrastructural projects across the state. About 625 primary health workers have also been recruited and they had been sent to the 18 local government areas of the State. The few ones that are on temporary appointments have had their appointment regularised.”
Based on the issues of alleged anomalies in the staff salaries, the Head of Service stated that the government pays the workers based on the allocation given to the state, and said the issue would soon be settled.
Mr. Niran then commended the governor, Mr. Akeredolu administration for taking the well-being of the civil servants as a top priority in which he stated “Recall that this administration inherited seven-month unpaid salaries and allowances. Within a space of about two years, the salary backlogs are almost completely cleared, leaving only a month. To date, the promotions of all eligible officers are being effected and works are in progress for the 2022 promotion exercise,”
Mr. Niran advised the workers to shun unprofessional practices and instead give their very best, saying, “Our motto in our reform effort ‘to do my best for a better should be strictly adhered to. To whom much is given, much is required”