The Osun State House of Assembly has directed the consultant handling the ongoing staff audit of workers in the employment of the State Government, Sally Tibbot Consulting, to suspend the process until further notice.
The directive of the House was conveyed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, to newsmen on Monday after an emergency meeting with other Honourable members to review the petitions written against the consultant to the Osun State House of Assembly.
The Speaker further constituted an ad-hoc committee to look into the issues around the petition and come up with necessary recommendations.
Consequently, all relevant stakeholders have been invited to the House of Assembly for a meeting on Tuesday 22nd August by 10.00 am prompt.
Recall that the Osun State House of Assembly had invited the consultant, Sa’adat Bakrin-Ottun to appear before the house.
Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Adewale Egbedun, who announced the decision on his X, (formerly Twittter) handle @AOEgbedun on Saturday, noted that the interactive session holds on Tuesday.
He stated that the invitation is at the instance of petitions submitted to the House against her.
Egbedun said: “The Assembly is expecting her to appear in person to respond to allegations levelled against her in the petitions.
“To this end, relevant stakeholders, Labour Unions and Association leaders in the ongoing Staff Audit with any information that can be helpful, are also invited.”
The staff verification exercise organised by Osun State Government for its employees was yet again disrupted on Friday, as staff members of the Osun State University, who were being verified, accused the Consultant in charge of molestation.
The exercise, being held at the Centre for Black Culture and Understanding, Osogbo, had been disrupted, as the staff members at the premises threatened not to continue with the verification.
It was the second disruption that the verification would experience at the same venue, as the exercise was also suspended on the day Judiciary staff were to be verified, following an allegation of verbal abuse against the consultant.
Speaking on behalf of the staff of the university, the Secretary, Academic Staff Union of the University, UNIOSUN chapter, Dr. Damilare Adekomi, accused the Consultant, Sa’adat Bakrin-Ottun, of calling a professor a bastard.
Adekomi also said Bakrin-Ottun, while the exercise lasted tormented and verbally abused staff of the university, lowering their status.
After the intervention of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Clement Adebooye, the exercise later resumed and more staffers were verified.
Meanwhile, Barkrin-Ottun had denied calling anybody bastard alleging she was the one being insulted by some workers who came for the exercise.
