Members of employees of the Ondo State Faculty of Well being Know-how, Akure have accused the state Commissioner for Well being, Dr. Banji Ajaka, of allegedly planning to impose a provost on the establishment.
The employees stated the place of provost of the faculty could be vacant by subsequent month and the commissioner had allegedly penciled down a candidate to fill the place, saying this was in opposition to their want that the subsequent provost should be an alumnus of the establishment.
This was contained in an announcement issued on Monday by the employees and collectively signed by Oloruntoba Ikuyinminu and Ayodele Yemi on behalf of different employees.
The aggrieved employees, in keeping with the assertion, urged the commissioner to not impose a candidate on the establishment so as to not disrupt the peaceable ambiance of the faculty.
The assertion learn, “The Commissioner for Well being is rumoured to have penciled down an outsider who isn’t often called an instructional for appointment as the subsequent provost in February 2024 when the tenure of the current provost involves an finish. That is unacceptable to all the educational employees and a significant disaster looms which can have an effect on the scholars.
“The scholars have vowed to help the educational employees whom they’ve recognized all their lives. Until the dishonest and oppression of the educational employees is stopped by appointing one in all their very own, pupil unrest is inevitable.
“For about 25 years now the Ministry of Well being who performs the supervisory position over the faculty has been bringing in management from outdoors most of whom are much less certified than the inner lecturers who’ve spent all their lives within the faculty. The employees have decided to say sufficient is sufficient. This isn’t a political appointment slightly it’s one which needs to be primarily based on advantage.”
Nonetheless, the well being commissioner denied the allegation, describing it as baseless as he stated due course of could be adopted within the choice technique of the brand new provost.
He defined that there’s a laid down process to nominate a provost according to the legislation that established the college.
He stated it’s the governor that appoints a provost, not him.
The commisisoner defined, “Their allegation is baseless, I’m not the particular person to nominate a provost. They too know the process and legislation of the college. The board would make suggestions to me and I’ll make suggestions to the governor.
“It’s the governor that appoints a provost, not me, and the governor can appoint anybody he needs both from the college or outdoors the college, in keeping with their legislation. They too know the legislation except they need to be mischievous concerning the matter. “