APC accuses Adeleke of destroying civil service by extending HOS tenure till 2026

NUJ condemns attack on journalist by gov’s security aides

THE Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) has condemned the extension in service of the state’s Head of Service ( HOS), Samuel Aina, by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, describing it as "unprecedented and a crass administrative aberration."

Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, had extended Aina's tenure till 2026 "to deepen and conclude ongoing reform and revitalisation of the civil service."

But the APC expressed surprise, claiming that the "HOS, whose retirement date was January 24, 2024, has his service extended by three years by the governor without caring for a jolt about the injury his fiat would have on the extension."

The opposition party noted that the extension was capable of triggering a revolt in the state civil service.

The Osun State Chairman of the APC, Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement by the party's Director of Media and

Information, Kola Olabisi, yesterday, said that the scenario marked the beginning of the destruction of the state civil service by Adeleke. Lawal said that the implication of the three- year service extension of the HOS by Adeleke is that other senior categories of officers that are due for retirement soon might start to lobby for extension of service for as many years as possible.

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N another development, the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), Zone B, at the weekend, condemned

the attack on Secretary of the Ogun State NUJ Council, Bunmi Adigun and his camera man from the Ogun State Television ( OGTV) by the security agents attached to Governor Adeleke at JogaOrile in Yewa North Local Council of Ogun State on Friday.

The NUJ Zone B, in a statement by its Vice President, Ronke Samo and Secretary, Abdulrasaq Alege, described the action of the security agents as barbaric, uncivilised and uncalled for in a democratic setting.