The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has reinstated about 1,000 local government workers his government sacked last year.

The governor said he had also waived the outcome of the last promotion examination conducted for workers in the state.

The 1,000 workers were laid off because the Ondo State government said it discovered that their employment was illegal.

A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, on Thursday indicated that the workers, about 50 in each of the 18 local government areas in the state, had been reinstated and the irregularities in their employment process corrected.

The statement added that Mimiko had approved promotion of every worker that was due for promotion, irrespective of their performance in the promotional examination already conducted.

The statement read, “The state government has re -absorbed   and properly employed about 1,000 local government workers identified to have been illegally employed during the last screening exercise in the state.

“About 50 workers from each of the 18 local government areas in the state were discovered during the last screening exercise to have been employed illegally and were consequently laid off.

“Governor Olusegun Mimiko has however graciously ordered the re-instatement of the affected workers and their employment perfected. The governor has also ordered the promotion of workers due for promotion to the next level of their career without recourse to the result of the promotional examination earlier conducted for the same purpose.”

The information commissioner further said that the state government had decided to commence preparation for the conduct of local government election in the state “as soon as the state assembly election is done with on Saturday.”

The Mimiko’s administration had in 2014 embarked on a staff audit during which the government said it discovered that the councils had been engaged in illegal recruitment of workers.

The state government also said salaries were being paid to non-existent workers.

In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, Mimiko had promised that elections would be conducted to the 18 local councils in the state after the general polls.


http://www.punchng.com/news/mimiko-recalls-sacked-council-workers-waives-promotion-exams/


Personal Opinion

I think this is a last minute move to salvage himself of the impending electoral disgrace. Why will he reinstate sacked workers a day to State House of Assembly Election? Obviously because he wants a majority. These are the same workers you sacked immediately he was sworn-in for a second term.

This move is hypocritical and poison-laden. I personally think the Ondo electorate can see through this ploy. He will sack them immediately he gets what he wants.

And this calls to question if he will pay them for the period for which they were sacked? If no, why no? If yes, who gains, the state govt or the pple?

Mimiko is a maradona.

if you sacked them for the right reasons in the first place, I don't think there's any reason whatsoever to call them back. What is wrong is wrong!
Do people even know how to play politics in this country at all? Do they truly even respect the rule of law and follow due process at all?
Always do the right thing and that which is constitutional required and then fear not for whatsoever repercussions afterwards, because sincerely, there should be none.

The Man don dey fear self!!Hehehe

Chai....mimiko destiny enter badluck mode the day he decamped from labour party to pdp....chai

Fairgodwin:
po

. Po for police

Most desperate move yet by any politician.

Naija!!! You gotta love this country!

Kai...politicians and der ways.smh

georjay:
. Po for police

na so my brother.

Lol

This is so funny. What is he trying to do?

Is he saying he has lost his political values that made him secure sympathetic votes in his first and second term?

Oh JEG where are thou?

Fairgodwin:

na so my brother.

. Abi o...anyway yaga yaga man must enter front page

georjay:
. Abi o...anyway yaga yaga man must enter front page

hahahaha... funny you

Another clueless, desperate politician. In this part of the world, we have them aplenty in different shades!

Fairgodwin:
if you sacked them for the right reasons in the first place, I don't think there's any reason whatsoever to call them back. What is wrong is wrong!
Do people even know how to play politics in this country at all? Do they truly even respect the rule of law and follow due process at all?
Always do the right thing and that which is constitutional required and then fear not for whatsoever repercussions afterwards, because sincerely, there should be none.

In all fairness to the the workers who did promotion exams, this should be on merit. Why fail staffs who passed an exam? To witch hunt them?

Now they have chosen to vote against him, he's now looking for ways to placate them. That's a victory for democracy though.

Volksfuhrer:
Another clueless, desperate politician. In this part of the world, we have them aplenty in different shades!

He's not clueless. He's just desperate.

wakacome:
That mr ode called Mimiko said he will deliver 6million votes to jonathan but guess what??he was not even able to deliver even 700 thousand votes!!!Mimiko is useless as the ueue in the word "queue"

Guy you are mean!!

Desperate move by mimiko, he is trying to appease the workers so PDP can retain the majority in house of assembly, the fear of ekiti scenerio playing out in ondo state is the begining of wisdom...


I wonder how this politicians reason, why reinstate them few days to house of assembly elections why waive promotion exams during this period we indeed have a long way to go...SMH

Welldone Mimiko. That is the Spirit. Get your state back from irresponsible politicians.