Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has revoked the appointments of over 2,000 workers made by immediate past governor, Ayo Fayose, after governorship election held in July 2018.
Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Values Orientation, Muyiwa Olumilua, told journalists on Thursday that the recruitment exercise violated due process.
He said that the decision was reached after state executive council had deliberated on the report of the committee headed by the deputy governor, Bisi Egbeyemi, to review irregular appointments made between 2014 and 2018.
The affected workers include 600 teachers recruited into the Teaching Service Commission, 400 personnel employed into the State Universal Basic Education Board and 1,000 injected into the system through the Office of Establishment and Training, among others.
Mr Olumilua, however, urged the affected workers to participate in the next recruitment exercise to be announced in due course.
He also said: “The officers reinstated into the Local Government Service Commission between October 16th, 2014 and October 15th, 2018 are to be reabsorbed by the relevant Personnel Board, and migrated to biometric payroll.
“All 272 officers employed by the Governor Fayose Administration, who are still on manual payroll, shall be considered for absorption into the Civil Service but on case-by-Case basis. Absorption will be conditional on availability of vacancies.
“The 169 officers recruited in 2014 but had their appointments terminated by the Governor Fayose Administration, shall be considered for re-absorption by the Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission, But on a Case-by-case basis. Reabsorption will be conditional on availability of vacancies in their previous offices of appointment.
“Officers dismissed between October 16th, 2014 and October 15th 2018 in the Ministries of Justice, Works and Transport, Environment, SUBEB, Teaching Service Commission, Hospital Management Board should go to the Office of Establishment to ascertain their current status.”
