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 Daily Independent Online.
* Friday, July 23, 2004.
Governor Ladoja must read this
We would be highly
grateful if your widely read newspapers could afford us a space to
express our grievances with the goings on in the 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs)
of the State.
It would interest your
Excellency to know that the administration of Governor Lam Adesina
recruited some medical doctors into 33 Local Government Areas of the
State in 2000.
While we are not against the
recruitment exercise, what we are opposing was their appointment without
due recognition to civil service regulations.
Could you believe that these
medical doctors were recruited on Grade Level 09 in 2000 but are now on
Grade Level 15?
Apart from this, they were
made Primary Health Coordinators (PHC) in their respective council areas
without having a certificate in Primary Health Care which is a different
kettle of fish to medicine. In fact, all these Doctors are now undergoing
training at the UCH to obtain a basic certificate in Primary Health Care
Delivery, which is not in agreement with laid down Local Government
Service Regulations.
These Doctors through the
State Ministry of Health also gave frivolous allowances to themselves
like Call Duty allowance which is not in operation in any of the 33 LGs
of Oyo State. It is only a means by these medical doctors and their
collaborators at the State Ministry of Health are siphoning LG funds
without the slightest reservation.
Most of these Doctors were
recruited fresh and they did not at all transfer their services. Indeed,
most of them were working in private clinics before their employment and
so could not have transferred their services.
This anomaly was to be
corrected by the State Auditor-General’s Department which instituted a
panel of enquiry into this to establish the irregularities. The Panel, promptly, called for the
revertion of the Doctors to their normal salary status.
However, to our chagrin, the
outcome of the panel's report was not effected by the State Commissioner
for Health till now as the state commissioner for Health, Dr. Kayode
Afolabi who was expected to act on a panel's report as directed by the
Auditor General of the State. This has been causing serious ill feeling
in the 33 Local Government areas of the State.
We want to request your
administration to investigate this and correct the anomaly in the
interest of peace, justice and fairplay in the council areas.
We know that Your Excellency
is not a frivolous person. We surely count on you for Justice.
Bola Olowojulo,
On behalf of Concerned Local
Government Professionals, Oyo State
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