Ekiti accuses FG on recruitment

Ekiti State Civil Service Commission has accused the Federal Government of
marginalising the indigenes of the state in job recruitment.

The Chairman, Alhaji Afolabi Ogunlayi, in a chat with journalists in
Ado-Ekiti on Friday lamented that only three out of 7,000 indigenes of
the state that applied for various vacancies advertised recently were
employed .

He, however, denied that the state government conducted illegal
recruitment of 6,000 persons into the State Civil Service.

Ogunlayi was reacting to the allegation raised in a statement by the
Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Oluwawole,
where he alleged that Governor Kayode Fayemi planned to embark on
massive employment into the service at the twilight of his tenure.

Ogunlayi said the commission was not taking any step or privy to any
information connected with intention to conduct massive recruitment
into the Service.

He said “I want to say that the Civil Service Commission under my
leadership is not aware of, is not a party to and is not making any
plan and has not requested for or obtained any approval for the
appointment of 600; 3,000 or 6,000 applicants as being peddled.

“However, why we are not unmindful of the fact that the present
administration is in transit, the commission still has the powers to
carry out the mandates in the areas of appointment, promotion,
discipline and transfer of service.”

Ogunlayi clarified that the 334 applicants that were employed into the
Service recently, sat for examination and oral interviews, contrary to
insinuation that the exercise was politicized.

He expalined that the State would have loved to do more, but for
dwindling Federal Allocation to the State.

In line with the policy of the State Government to give two percent
employment opportunity to physically challenged with prerequisite
qualifications , Ogunlayi revealed that 35 persons had benefitted
from the gesture.