Discountenance rumour of exam, Ajimobi tells Oyo workers
The governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has asked the people of the state to discountenance the rumour being peddled by suspected opposition members that the government would start the process of conducting examination for workers, with the aim of reducing the workforce.
The governor made this known in a release issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo.
According to the release, rather than conducting any examination for civil servants, what the government is doing at the moment is the distribution of letters upgrading graduate primary school teachers from Level 14 to 17.
The release said that graduate primary school teachers had stagnated on Level 14 for decades, a situation which the present government found inappropriate and unfair to them, compared with what their colleagues in the civil service enjoy.
“When this injustice was brought to the notice of the governor, he ordered that these graduate primary school teachers should be allowed by the system to be the best of what they can be. The governor thus ordered the Head of Service to begin the distribution of letters of promotion to these teachers and it has been commenced in earnest,” the release said.
While enjoining the people of the state, especially civil servants, to be wary of the thriving rumour mill which he said was the pastime of the opposition in the state, the governor said he does not have the intention, either now or in the future to conduct any examination for workers but is rather committed to their welfare and promotion.