Management of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti, has sacked over 200 staff of its workforce for alleged irregular appointments, misconduct and sundry allegations so the labour in Ekiti State and the management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital are heading for a serious clash over the sack of 200 professional staff of the health institution.
Speaking for the staff, who are majorly experts in various fields on Thursday, the organised labour via the Chairperson, Joint Health Sector Unions(JOHESU), EKSUTH chapter, Com Omotola Farotimi, said the management’s indiscretion will affect the hospital adversely.
She said:
“But unfortunately, on December 31, when we got to work and people were being given letters, there were different errors that were made .Some were disengaged based on the claim that there was embargo on employment when they were employed.
”EKSUTH is autonomous. We asked for the letter of embargo that time, they could not produce any letter to that effect. If there is need for employment, hospitals need professionals, there was no time that former Governor Fayose gave any order of embargo on employment at EKSUTH, these people were duly employed by advertising and employing them.
” We are against the purported exercise that they have done in the hospital. Another error was that the professional groups were grossly sacked while the admin area was not touched. We, the professional are not even enough. The professionals are the ones making the IGR in the hospital, they were grossly disengaged”
Farotimi foresaw that the hospital is on the edge of collapse, saying :
“The sack affected the medical laboratory sciences dept, pharmacy department , psyiotheraphy, health assistants, a lot of nurses and medical doctors. We are still gathering our information, we will meet our extended executive and decide the next line of action”
But a statement by the Hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Rolake Adewumi, said the reorganisation was part of the implementation of the visitation panel’s report on EKSUTH.
“Others include, those on leave of absence with/without pay who had exhausted the approved period of leave and refused to resume.
“Another category were those who were found with one misconduct or the other as well as those employed after the State Government placed embargo on employment”
The spokesperson added that based on the recommendations, some critical areas of needs were filled with qualified appointees while members who were wrongly placed have been regularized and placed on appropriate salary levels.
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