Victor Ogunje
8 October 2008
Ado Ekiti — Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr Sikiru Lawal has thrown his weight behind the group Ekiti Concerned Women for protesting against the lacklustre attitude of the members of the state House of Assembly in the passage of the State Independent Electoral Commission(SIEC) nominees presented before them by the executive arm.
The women, drawn from all the 16 local government areas of the state had On Monday besieged the State Assembly complex, threatening to invoke the spirit against the members of the House , if they fail to screen the seven nominees by Friday pledging support for the women yesterday in Ado Ekiti at the NULGE Secretariat , where over 808 health workers got letters of appointment from the State Local Government Service Commission, Lawal disclosed that the action of the women was well intended and could abate the political problems of the state .
Admonishing the lawmakers to heed the advice of the women, the state number two man noted that the conduct of the local government elections was long overdue, stressing that any agitation alluded to for the conduct of the election must be supported.
He, however, alluded to those fanning the embers of discord between the executive and the legislature, which he said had stalled the screening of the nominees as fifth columnists, calling on the populace to rise against them.
Presenting letter of appointments to the beneficiaries, Lawal said the PDP administration used the opportunity to ask the new recruits to vote for the PDP candidates in the forthcoming council polls.
Lawal who distributed letters of employment to the council employees who were recruited to man the over 282 primary health centers in the state to compensate the PDP administration by voting into power at the council level to enable more dividends of democracy to come to the people of the state.
He urged them to be dedicated to duty, as the state government had no room for indolent workers saying their welfare would be given utmost priority by the state government.
Chairman of the State Local Government Service Commission, Chief Femi Akinyemi said the recruitment was informed by the need to achieve the Millenium Development Goals, (MDGs) especially reducing infant and maternal mortalities.
According to him the commission identified the human resources gaps and requested for the recruitment of additional health workers across the state.
He said the request was approved by the Governor who gave the Commission the power to employ 1,000 health workers into the councils in the state.
Akinyemi said 1,400 applicants applied for the existing vacancies in the health departments adding that after rigorous examination and interviews conducted for the applicants, 808 of them were found to be qualified for employment.
He charged the new employees to make good use of the opportunity provided by their employment by adhering strictly to the rules and regulations of the state public service.
The Chairman urged them to be diligent, avoid lateness to work in their respective places of primary assignment saying the Commission would not tolerate indiscipline from its work force.
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