Disengaged workers on compulsory retirement in the last administration on Friday appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde over his promise to reabsorb them into the civil servant.
This is also as they held a prayer session at the Nigerian Labour Congress state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
According to The Nation, the group said their faith and believe in God through the governor is unwavering, noting that the journey of their almost three years without a job has not been short of pain and torture.
With resounding shouts of “Amen”, to the words of prayers from both Christian and Islamic leaders at the event, the workers said they have learnt their lessons and have right all the wrongs that led to their undue dismissal.
The coordinator of the group, Mr Olasunkanmi Hassan, said the prayer session stemmed from growing apprehension of the affected workers that their fate remains hanging five weeks after the committee on Dismissal/Retirement of Civil Servants between 2011 and 2019 set up by Governor Makinde to review the case had submitted its report.
It would be recalled that during the October 16 submission of the committee report, Makinde had set a four weeks’ time for implementation and expressed his resolve to implement the recommendations of the committee to ensure that innocent civil and public servants were not wrongfully dismissed or retired.
Speaking at the NLC house, Hassan said the affected workers had regularised their certificates and yearned for a return to service.
While praying for God’s favour, he said the workers held on to Makinde’s assurance during campaign and at the submission of the investigative panel report that their quest for reabsorption will be yielded to soon.
