The affected former public officers include Mrs O.O. Okuboyejo of the Bureau of Lands who was slapped by one of Amosun’s aides, Segun Abiodun, recently.
Abiodun is the governor’s special adviser on Land.
Also sacked by the governor is Mr. Jide Oyenuga of the Political Affairs and Administration unit who was called a thief by the governor and spoke back, declaring that he was not a thief.
Although she was forced to write a public letter denying that she was slapped, Mrs Okuboyejo was included in the list of sacked permanent secretaries. The state government believes that she leaked the report of the assault to the press.
Also given the boot, apparently to enable Amosun appoint people he believes will solely serve his interest are Mr K.A. Lawal of the Civil Service Commision, Seyi Banjoko, Forestry; PAO Obawunmi (OGSIEC), and Kehinde Ogunfowode, Bureao of Employment Generation.
The rest are MW Salawu, Youth and Sports; Babatunde Oyeti, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; K.A. Adegbite, Finance; M.O. Lawal, Teaching Service Commission; M.A. Opebiyi, Bureau of Economic Planning; Alhaji Solarin, Education; one Alhaji Adeniji of Commerce and Industry and one Alhaji Salawu, Pension.
Others are Adekunle Adegbite (Ministry of Finance), Mufutau O. Lawal, Alhaji Moshood Iyanda Opebiyi (Bureau of Economic Planning and Development), Olubunmi Olusola Okuboyejo (Bureau of Urban and Physical Planning), H. O. Adeniji (Commerce and Industry), Alhaji Adesegun Solarin (Education)and Babatunde M. Salawu (former Accountant-General).
Workers in the state are alarmed at the decision of the state government which runs against the most elementary rules of civil service.
Those who spoke with the Nigerian Compass on Satutday on the condition of anonymity disclosed that the action was grossly unjustifiable.
A civil servant said; “One, the government cannot claim to be saving cost by that action becvause permanent secretaries, by law receive their salaries for life. The appointment of fresh permanent secretaries when the extant ones have not reached the retirement age is an unnecessary addition to the state’s wage bill.
“Two, the cost of tyraining those who have now been retired compulsorily is enormous. It is like throwing gold into the ocean. We simply cannot understand the vindictiveness behind this action which is sure to set the workers against the government.”
Another civil servant said: “Apparently this government is yet to imbibe the spirit behind the title Permanent Secretary. Their jobs cannot be at the whims and caprices of politicians.”
A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu, confirmed the retirement of the permanent secretaries.
Details of their retirement were not made public by the state government although there were speculations that some of them were due for retirement while others have not yet reached mandatory retirement age.
The Nigerian Compass on Saturday, however, learnt that Amosun met with the affected officers at the Governor’s Office, Abeokuta yesterday and thanked them for their service to the state.
It will be recalled that the governor had in June sacked eight permanent secretaries in the civil service but later reversed his decision, amidst controversy.
The Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Demola Badejo, who was among the eight permanent secretaries whose sack were initially put on hold, survived the latest shake-up in the civil service.
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