The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun dismissed rumours that some
civil servants due to the ongoing strike action in the state. "For the avoidance
of doubt, we will like to state unequivocally that there is no iota of truth to
this speculation," the state government said in a statement. Continue to read the full statement below...
"Contrary to such claims, what truly transpired is that the
Ogun State Civil Service Commission, in furtherance of its statutory
responsibility of maintaining discipline and adherence to public service rules
and extant regulations, on Monday, took the decision to sanction some civil
servants.
The affected civil servants were alleged to have been
involved in certain acts of misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers
Day celebration on October 5, 2016 way before the ongoing strike action
commenced.
In a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Ogun State
Head of Service, Elder Sola Adeyemi, the State Civil Service Commission
explained that it received complaints from concerned members of the public
against some public and civil servants allegedly involved in various acts of
misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration.
The allegations against the affected civil and public
servants include the fact that, contrary to extant public service rules, they
got involved in partisan politics by publicly admitting receiving money from a
politician and also hiring a musician with whom they sang praises of the said
politician while chanting political slogans in the course of the World Teachers
Day celebration.
To determine the veracity of such complaints and give the
affected civil and public servants the opportunity for fair hearing, the Civil
Service Commission said it set up an administrative panel of Inquiry on October
17, 2016.
The panel’s term of reference include, among others, to
investigate the events of October 5, 2016 at the NUT Multipurpose hall, Kuto,
Abeokuta with a view to identifying the public and civil servants directly or
indirectly involved in partisan political activities; determine the culpability
or otherwise of the identified public servants and recommend appropriate
disciplinary actions in line with the public service rules and extant
regulations.
Before arriving at its decisions, the panel issued queries
and invited the affected civil servants who in turn made written and oral
representations.
After listening to all parties involved including witnesses,
as well as reviewing the evidences at its disposal, the panel, in its wisdom,
recommended the dismissal of 16 public and civil servants.
Those recommended for dismissal include Comrade Akeem
Ambali, the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Comrade Dare
Ilekoya, the state chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT. They were
all found to have contravened the Public Service Rules 04401, 04402 (c&d)
and 04406 (a) due to their involvement in the political rally they held under
the guise of World Teachers Day celebration event.
The panel also recommended the suspension of 19 others while
exonerating one Mr. Abiodun Oriyomi Samuel who was said not to have been
involved in the alleged partisan act.
From the foregoing, it is clear that the State Civil Service
Commission only acted in fulfillment of its statutory responsibility and this
has nothing to do with Governor Amosun or the ongoing strike action embarked
upon by a section of the workforce in the state," the statement said.
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