The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.SAN, has approved the promotion of of about 8,415 civil servants in the state civil service in 2022.
According The Tribune, this was disclosed by State’s Head of Service, Mr Kayode Ogundele, while speaking with journalists at the commencement of 2022 Civil Service Week.
Despite the state’s declining resources, the governor, according to him, has also approved hiring workers in a few crucial needy areas in 2021 and 2022.
According to Ogundele, the promotion affected workers in the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the state government.
He also said that, unlike in other neighboring states, officers in the state are usually promoted with financial benefits.
He said “In the year 2022, the governor has approved the promotion of 1,587 officers on Grade Level 13 and above. Also 2113 officers from Grade Level 02-12 were promoted.
“Also this year, 1,721 teaching and non-teaching staff were promoted by Teaching Service Commission and in the state Hospital Management Board, 797 junior officers and senior officers were promoted
“In the Primary Health Care Development Agency promoted 64 officers got their promotion and a total of 2133 officers of the state Local Government Service were promoted.”
The HoS also said that the state government would give awards to some of its best workers to encourage them to work even harder to give good service.
He also said that the monthly awards for the best-performing workers in all the MDAs would be brought back. This would encourage workers to compete with each other and try to do a better job for the state.
