The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State
of Osun has debunked the rumour that Ogbeni
Rauf Aregbesola is planning a massive
retrenchment of senior civil servants on grade
level 12 and above, including other workers above
the age of 50 from the state’s employment after
the general elections.
In a statement from the party’s Directorate of
Publicity Research and Strategy, the APC
described the rumour as, “the usual silly spin of
falsehood characteristic of PDP’s evil genius for
manufacturing and propagating wicked lies
especially in the State of Osun.”
According to the APC, “at no time did Aregbesola
contemplate to retrench any staff of any grade or
age, and no such thing will be allowed to happen
any time soon or in the future.
“From day one, the policy of “gainful employment”
of the APC governor, Rauf Aregbesola, had been,
continues to remain and will be the intensified
mantra of the party in the months and years
ahead.
“The only monstrous obstacle to this policy,” the
APC contended, “is the evil construct of the PDP-
led federal government in starving Osun State of
its legitimate statutory funding.
“Not many people knew, until Governor Fashola of
Lagos State revealed recently, that to further
starve APC states in particular of funding
assistance, the PDP Minister of Finance, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala ordered the banks not to help fund
state government projects.
“This kind of frustrating impediment is what the
PDP is using to force states of the opposition to
look for ways to overcome deliberate
strangulation, through forced retirement of
workers.
“But the APC government is more innovative and
constructive than the PDP had imagined.
“Rather than contemplate retrenchment as the
PDP was scheming, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is
planning the creation of more jobs for the people;
and one of the ways, indeed the most effective
way to achieve this for Nigerians is to defeat the
PDP on March 28 and April 11 Presidential and
general election,” the APC said.
“The evil that the PDP has become, through its
promoting of massive corruption in the system,
has brought Nigeria to its knees,” the APC
argued, adding that, “Unless Nigerians as a
people remove this obstacle to their progress and
well-being, their suffering will deteriorate.”
The APC therefore, alerted the people of Osun not
to fall for the lies of the PDP because their
purpose is to mislead, confuse and confound the
masses to get them to vote for this same party
that has turned Nigeria into the hell of a place
that it is today.