JUST IN: Adeleke Reacts To Reports On Sack Of 12,000 Workers, Dethronement Of Monarchs

JUST IN: Adeleke Reacts To Reports On Sack Of 12,000 Workers, Dethronement Of Monarchs

Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun, has denied firing 12,000 workers and dethroning three monarchs.

From July 17 until his inauguration on Monday, the Governor signed Executive Orders 3, 4, and 5, which nullified all employments and appointments made by his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola.

He issued another Executive Order dethroning three of Oyetola’s monarchs.

The order states: “All employments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals after July 17th, 2022 be and are hereby nullified.

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“All appointments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals after 17th July, 2022 be and are hereby reversed.

“Executive Order number five on Chieftaincy Affairs and appointment of traditional rulers. All appointments of traditional rulers made by Osun State Government after 17th July, 2022, are hereby ordered to be reviewed to ensure there was strict compliance with due process of chieftaincy declarations and native law, custom and tradition relating to such chieftaincies. In the case of Ikirun, Iree and Igbajo, to avoid further breakdown of law and order, the appointments of Akinrun of Ikinrun, Aree of Ire and Owa of Igbajo are hereby put on hold pending review. Subsequently, the palaces of Akinrun of Ikirun, Aree of Iree and Owa of Igbajo should remain unoccupied, while security agencies are hereby ordered to take charge.”

However, speaking through his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Rave FM in Osogbo during a talk show programme called ‘Frank Talk,’ Adeleke stated that he has not fired 12,000 workers nor dethroned any monarch.

He did, however, state that the administration of Oyetola’s appointments and employment will be reviewed to ensure due process.

He explained that executive orders one through five show the administration’s intentions to review, nullify, or set aside the orders, and that order six, which is the panel’s composition, is the instrument for carrying out the orders.

According to him: “There was never sack of any worker or traditional ruler. We only set up review panel. It is impossible to sack and put review panel in place.

“The review panel is to look at the numbers of the people that were employed, due processes of the employment, and qualification among other things.

‘’Before our taking over, there were issues of backdating of employment, even till last year. So order 1-5 will be operationalize by order 6 which are the panels.

“Those that were employed from July 17 till our takeover are still at work presently, they have not been sacked. The staff audit will review the employment. Within 4hours, Adeleke has dismantled the illegality of 4 months, all the bobby traps he has dismantled them.“

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