Ekiti State University Sacks 600 Staff

Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has sacked over 600 members of staff over alleged irregular employment, overage and sundry other allegations.

While disclosing this in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, stated that it was the decision of the university council.

He noted that it was the adoption on the audit report carried out by a group of external auditors.

Olanipekun added that the dismissal would save about N200m for the university monthly.

It was a sequel to the findings in the report of the visitation panel, which noted, among other things, that there were over-staffing, redundancy and personnel misalignment in virtually all the sections of the university and which astronomically increased the wage bill beyond its capacity to pay,” he disclosed.

There were some ghost workers whose names were found on the university payroll without being on the university nominal role.

He also stated that some members of staff presented falsified birth and educational certificates.

“The decision to disengage the affected workers was after due consideration of the issues involved and in the overall best interest of the university to be properly positioned for local relevance and global competitiveness,” the VC said.