Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said he has no plans to sack workers in the state.
Akeredolu, who made the clarification in reaction to reports in some section of the media that he planned to sack 2000 workers if he wins the October 10 Governorship election in the state, however, stated that his passion for workers’ welfare has attracted enviable commendation.
The governor accused the opposition of being responsible for the report which he which he termed “another perfidious walk in the dark.”
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A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, denying the planned sack, read in part: “It is, therefore, an illogical imagination on the part of those behind the poorly packaged story to seek refuge under such pernicious slant. The workers of the state know truly, who has demonstrated love and affection for them in the last ten years.
“If Governor Akeredolu could be compassionate to re-absorb workers who were mindlessly laid off for political reasons, he perhaps, stands taller among those whose actions and inactions threw families into mourning mood during their time.
“The reinstatement of the Akungba University lecturers, the recall of the RUGPOLY staff as well as Governor Akeredolu’s intervention in the deliberate non-payment of workers for seven months by the last administration, are enduring signposts of altruistic leadership.
“As much as we leave the public to discern whether this trending news is coming from those who have chosen to be led by the “Workers’ Tormentors” or from “Associates of the Workers’ Tormentors”, Governor Akeredolu will not follow their Stalinic Routes.”
