Workers in Osun State are lamenting the planned staff audit and workers’ verification by the state government.
The new twist is the insistence of the state government for the workers to produce a record of their bank statements.
Report gathered that the Ademola Adeleke administration had notified the state’s workforce of plans to conduct a staff audit.
Governor Adeleke in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed had also assured the state workforce that the audit would strengthen the capacity of the government to satisfy the needs of the workers.
The labour unions had kicked against the exercise, accusing the state government of not carrying the workers along in the proposed audit.
Though, the same labour unions stated that they were not against the exercise.
Earlier in the week, the academic and non-academic staff of state-owned higher institutions in a press statement urged the government to decentralise the exercise as it was impossible for all the workers to converge in a central location for the exercise.
The workers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU and Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions made this known in a joint statement in Osogbo on Tuesday.
Speaking on behalf of the unions, Fatai Afolabi, ASUP Chairman, Osun Poly, Iree, maintained that they were not against the staff audit for the Osun workforce but alleged that the consultant engaged by the state government was not competent.
They also asked the state government to review the audit procedure or be ready to face industrial action.
According to reports, Busola Adebowale, lamented that the exercise would cause a lot of hardship on the workers.
According to her, “Imagine that they want to do staff verification and they are asking that we submit our bank statements.
