A human rights activist based in Ilesa, Osun State, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, has warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola against going ahead with the plan to sack 678 workers of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.
Ajibola, who is also a lawyer said at a press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday that the governor could not take any action on the issue because a case had been instituted against him before an Osogbo High Court.
Ajibola said “The governor claims he is good and somebody who respects the rule of law and he must demonstrate it. The case has been taken to court and he must abide by the rule of law and should not do anything against it pending the destination of the suit.
“Anything done after the service of the processes becomes illegal and he should not be involved in such but should rather wait patiently until the case is resolved in court.”
The lawyer said the vacancies were advertised and candidates applied for the positions after which they were employed with the government’s approval.
According to them the affected workers have been working and receiving salaries for over four years, wondering why the government would want to sack them now for no reason.
He stated that sacking the workers would render them jobless and add to the problem of unemployment in the state.
The Acting Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, could not be reached for comment on the alleged planned sacking as calls put across to did not connect.
However, the Chairman, Governing Board of the hospital, Prof. Oluwole Atoyebi, had queried the former CMD, Prof. Olufemi Fadiora over the alleged Illegal recruitment in the hospital.