The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has made plans to fill vacant positions in the state's education, health, and other subsectors.
Adeleke made the disclosure at the start of staff audits throughout the state public service. These audits began with his biometric capture, which included that of the Speaker of the House of Assembly and the Deputy Governor.
According to a statement obtained in Osogbo on Saturday from Olawale Rasheed, the governor's spokesperson, the data collection was preceded by a closed-door meeting with the state labor leadership, during which processes and procedures were refined to guarantee the protection and fulfillment of all stakeholders' interests.
The governor reassured the state workforce that the audit would improve the state government's capacity to meet the needs of workers, the general public, and the state leadership, reiterating that the exercise was not a witch hunt.
The statement reads "I want to assure workers and other stakeholders that the staff audit is not a witch-hunt. The welfare of employees is the top priority for our administration's governance plan. As a result, we won't do anything that will hurt both formal and informal workers.
“The audit aims to accomplish a number of objectives, including cleaning up the payroll system, verifying the actual number of state employees, and locating vacant positions in various public service sectors. Our workforce's data needs to be verified.
We must also confirm any open positions in the public sector. I have previously issued a directive for the compilation of teacher and health care worker openings. The compilation is close to being finished. What we refer to as data-driven management of our public service will then be provided by the outcome”.
