We Are Not Trying To Witch-Hunt Anyone, Gov Declares

Each time there is a staff audit, the tendency is for some people to think in terms of witch-hunt.

So is the case in Osun where the government has commenced a staff audit across the public service, but the state governor, Ademola Adeleke has come up to say witch-hunt was far from the motive.

Instead, the plan is to be able to fill existing vacancies within the education, health and other sub-sectors in the state.

He gave the clarification through a statement issued today on his behalf by Malam Olawale Rasheed, adding that the whole exercise began with the biometric capture of the governor himself, his deputy and the Speaker of the House of Assembly at the governor’s office on Friday.

“I want to assure workers and other stakeholders that the staff audit is not a witch-hunt.

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“Our administration has workers’ welfare as number one on our governance agenda. So, we will not take any action that will negatively affect formal and informal workers.

“The audit is to achieve several goals namely; cleaning up the payroll system, validating the actual number of state workforce and establishing areas of vacancies across various sectors of the public service.

“We need to authenticate the data of our workforce. We also need to confirm existing vacancies within the public service.

“I have earlier issued a directive for the collation of vacancies for teachers and health workers. The compilation is almost completed. The outcome will then provide what we call data driven management of our public service.

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“We are ascertaining the number of teachers we need in our schools. Our team is checking out the number of science, English, Mathematics, Social Science and other teachers as well as which schools what need type of teachers.

“I assure the public that we are aware of the existing vacancies in our schools and health facilities.

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“The audit report will provide a strong foundation for the recruitment of new teachers and health workers which our administration will embark upon after the ongoing exercise,” the governor said.