The All Progressives Congress, APC in Osun State has bemoaned the pitiable state of the health sector under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The Osun State chairman, Tajudeen Lawal in a statement issued on Sunday alleged that it was the height of cruelty for a democratic government to pay lip service to the health sector by refusing to engage the needed manpower.
Lawal also explained that it was gratuitous for the government to say that the delay in the recruitment of health officers was because it was awaiting the outcome of the minimum wage.
“In the first instance, why did Governor Adeleke sack the health workers recruited by the former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, now Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, on assumption of office when he knew he wasn’t having an immediate solution to the health problems in the state? When he knew well that the state had a shortfall of doctors and other health workers.
“Is Governor Adeleke waiting for the people of the state to die before he addresses the health issues in the state with the speed it requires?
“Will it not be right to conclude that the decision to sack health workers, as well as the current lackadaisical handling of health issues by Governor Adeleke was callous given that the Governor and members of his household could afford to run abroad, as they have done many times, to access quality healthcare?
“Governor Adeleke should wake up and stop insulting the collective sensibilities of the people of the state. The health sector needs his urgent attention.”, the Osun State APC chairman counselled.
Recall that the Ademola Adeleke administration in November, 2022, through an Executive Order terminated the appointment of health workers recruited by his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola.
The reason for the termination of the recruitment of the health workers which comprised doctors, pharmacists and community health workers was that the appointments came after Oyetola had lost the July, 2022, gubernatorial election.
