Sacked Workers Of Ekiti House Of Assembly Service Commission: Group Urges Gov Fayemi To Intervene

By Ayodele Oni

A Group in Ekiti state has written to Governor Kayode Fayemi over the sack of 21 workers of the State House of Assembly Commission early this year.

The Group, Ekiti Patriots, in an open letter, appealed to the Governor to wade in and reinstate the affected workers, whose appointments were Unjustifiably terminated.

The letter, dated 5th December, 2021, and signed by its President, Barrister Ezekiel Ogunrotila stated that “Your Excellency ,it is not only nauseating but also suicidal for twenty one Workers wrongly sacked and their salaries removed from the payroll of the Accountant General office after their due and diligent appointment by the Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission and were getting salaries for good ten years unbroken.

“Then Honorable Taiwo Olatunbosun found joy to  terminate their appointment abruptly and the affected Workers are presently wallowing in suffering and poverty.

“It is very pathetic, your Excellency, if to say the least, because for the past eleven (11) months these sacked House of Assembly Workers have become jobless; not less than three of them are critically ill, one female worker among them lost her foetus due to pychological trauma she had undergone, three of the workers lost their aged parents due to depression neccessitated by their breadwinners losing their jobs unjustifiably.

“It is expedient to state at this juncture that all the 21 sacked Workers are indigenes of Ekiti State.

“Your Excellency, it is informative to say  that our  attention was drawn to several letters written and duly dispatched to His Excellency and  the leadership of Ekiti State House of Assembly and Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission Chairman Rt Honourable Taiwo Olatunbosun.

“We were told that several  meetings were held and presided over by the Rt Honourable Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Funminiyi Afuye but have not yeided any good result  for the affected Sacked Workers.

“In the same vein, our attention was drawn to several interest groups ( including organized Labour)  that have written innumerable letters  of appeal to His Excellency to spare a good thought for these 21sacked Workers, but all to no avail and it is not good for the image of Ekiti State as a fountain of knowledge and citadel of humanity.

“Arising from these catalogue of references of efforts at ensuring that social dialogue is deployed to resolve this precarious and frustrating problems affecting indigenes  of Ekiti State so as to get them back to work have failed,  hence, we resort to this open letter so that it will not dent  His Excellency image now or in nearest future on Nigeria project .

“Ekiti Patriots, as a socio-cultural  group concerned with the development of Ekiti State in all ramifications, want to admonish all stakeholders  in the state to ensure that interest of Ekiti State is paramount for the all round development,  devoid of political acrimony that will heat up the polity.

“We should be sensitive enough to know and acknowledge that all indigenes from various communities in the state have equal birth right  and should be allowed to exercise their rights and privileges with justice and fairness.

“Mr Governor should treat this letter with commitment and conscience. We are concious enough that His Excellency has been denied access to sensitive letters like this, which is very unfortunate.

“We shall be appreciative of your  good disposition to reinstate the 21 sacked Workers of Ekiti State House of Assembly in order to make them live  normal life again.”