I have no plan to sack workers in Osun’ —- Governor, Rauf Aregbesola

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of
Osun has debunked the rumour that Ogbeni Rauf
Aregbesola is planning a massive retrenchment of senior
civil servants on grade level 12 and above, including
other workers above the age of 50 from the state’s
employment after the general elections.
In a statement from the party’s Directorate of Publicity
Research and Strategy, the APC described the rumour
as, “the usual silly spin of falsehood characteristic of
PDP’s evil genius for manufacturing and propagating
wicked lies especially in the State of Osun.”
According to the APC, “at no time did Aregbesola
contemplate to retrench any staff of any grade or age,
and no such thing will be allowed to happen any time
soon or in the future.
“From day one, the policy of “gainful employment” of the
APC governor, Rauf Aregbesola, had been, continues to
remain and will be the intensified mantra of the party in
the months and years ahead.
“The only monstrous obstacle to this policy,” the APC
contended, “is the evil construct of the PDP-led federal
government in starving Osun State of its legitimate
statutory funding.
“Not many people knew, until Governor Fashola of Lagos
State revealed recently, that to further starve APC
states in particular of funding assistance, the PDP
Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ordered the
banks not to help fund state government projects.
“This kind of frustrating impediment is what the PDP is
using to force states of the opposition to look for ways
to overcome deliberate strangulation, through forced
retirement of workers.
“But the APC government is more innovative and
constructive than the PDP had imagined.
“Rather than contemplate retrenchment as the PDP was
scheming, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is planning the
creation of more jobs for the people; and one of the
ways, indeed the most effective way to achieve this for
Nigerians is to defeat the PDP on March 28 and April 11
Presidential and general election,” the APC said.
“The evil that the PDP has become, through its
promoting of massive corruption in the system, has
brought Nigeria to its knees,” the APC argued, adding
that, “Unless Nigerians as a people remove this obstacle
to their progress and well-being, their suffering will
deteriorate.”
The APC therefore, alerted the people of Osun not to fall
for the lies of the PDP because their purpose is to
mislead, confuse and confound the masses to get them
to vote for this same party that has turned Nigeria into
the hell of a place that it is today
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