Fayemi Never Interferes In Ekiti Varsity Affairs; APC Tackles SDP Gov Candidate, Segun Oni

By Ayodele Oni

The All Progressive Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has clarified that Governor Kayode Fayemi has no hand in the sack of some workers of the State owned university.

This is coming as a follow-up to a statement by the Governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party, (SDP) Chief Segun Oni, calling on the Governor to reinstate the affected workers.

The workers sacked since 2019, had challenged the decision up to the Appeal Court, which ordered their reinstatement.

APC in a statement, signed by the Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, said “Ordinarily this type of statement would have been regarded as a request from a group that wants to score cheap popularity or otherwise taken for a political gimmick meant to confuse those who know little or nothing about governance.

“However coming from someone of Engr. Segun Oni’s stature, having once mounted the saddle, though he descended disgracefully, one cannot but remind him of how he hated and mismanaged the same academic community, he is pretending to love now, in the past.

“May we correct Segun Oni that no Governor who embraces good governance would run a University such as EKSU directly or interrupt its administration.

“The University, lest Oni has forgotten, has its own Management and Governing Council.

“We recall that the Management of EKSU had on December 5, 2019 disengaged some of its workforce for offences ranging from certificate forgery to irregular appointment and over-age to mention but a few.

“In January 2020, about 400 of the disengaged workers were reinstated based on recommendations by the appeal panel set up by the Governing Council of the same university.

“At no point did the Fayemi administration influence any of these decisions.

“And such autonomy enjoyed by EKSU has helped the institution to progress in no small way.

“In a recent webometric ranking of institutions across the globe, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti was ranked as the 3rd best State University and 16th best university in Nigeria. One wonders why Oni has failed to notice or cite this.

“When it comes to the issue of playing politics with the education of the people of the state, history is unkind to Engr. Segun Oni.

“As for Gov. Fayemi, he remains focused and unchanged in ensuring that good governance and the rule of law guide his conduct then, now and in his future endeavours.”