Protest Rocks NACETEM Over Appointment Of DG/CEO
Workers of the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) Ile-Ife, Osun State on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against the alleged plan of the Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, Chief Henry Ikoh to illegally appoint DG/CEO of the institution.
The placard-carrying worker with inscriptions such as ” Say no to arrangee DG/CEO”, “illegitimate exercise will not stand”, “President Buhari, Save NACETEM from Illegality”, “Allow Governing Board do the right thing”, ” It’s the duty of the Board to appoint DG/CEO” among other trooped out in their numbers.
The spokesperson of the Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institution, NACETEM branch, Comrade Olumide Fadakinte, while speaking, urged the president to quickly check Ikoh’s alleged evil agenda to avert disaster in the institution and warned him not to dissolve the existing Board put in place by the Federal Government.
Fadakinte noted that Ikoh’s agenda has been fueling problems in the Agency with a view to impose his person as the Director General and Chief Executive officer which he emphasised contradicted the practice in the Institution.
In his reaction to the protest, the Chairman of the Board, Sir Haastrup Adewale Olatunji commended the union for being peaceful in their demands saying: “The Board commended you for your interest in the development of the institution” .
He pointed out that members of the Board would not be part of illegalities in the process of appointing the leadership of the institution.
The Chairman stressed that the board would follow the rules as it is laid down in appointing the leadership, but urged the union to exercise restraint saying that the board would work for the best in order to restore sanity back in the system.
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