The Oyo State Government has set up a 12- man committee to carry out a comprehensive staff audit of the Polytechnic, Ibadan.
This is in its efforts to ensure an up-to-date record of the staff of the institution.
The committee, which was set up on Tuesday at the Board of Studies Chamber (BOS), the Polytechnic, Ibadan, was chaired by Dr. Bisi Ojebola.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, while inaugurating the committee, stated that the staff audit exercise is not meant to witch-hunt any staff.
He assured the entire workforce of this institution that the audit will strengthen the capacity of the state government to satisfy the needs of the staff.
Prof. Adelabu explained that the staff audit became inevitable to enable the government to have accurate statistics of all authentic and genuinely employed staff of the institution for adequate provision.
The Commissioner maintained that the committee is given just two weeks to submit its report, urging the members to be diligent in discharging the assignment given to them.
“Staff Audit in any institution is supposed to be annual rituals because staff are recruited, there is bound to retirement development on yearly basis, some go on retirement, some that are late, some are on voluntary resignation, this exercise is meant to take accurate data as at 2024 about those that are in the system and those that have left the system.
“Also, the government of the state works with logic, science and accurate data. It is when you have accurate data that you will be able to plan very well.
“The exercise is not to witch-hunt anybody but to get accurate data and forge ahead. I want the committee members to be diligent in discharging their duties. The task may be too sensitive in recording management, and they have only two weeks to do the assignment,” Prof. Adelabu said.
Earlier, the Chairman of the committee, Dr. Bisi Ojebola, said the committee will do the work given to them diligently with the fair of God.
He stated further that the committee is meant to assist the staff and not to do any harm to the staff of the institution.
In his remarks, the Acting Rector of the Institution, Dr. Taiwo Lasisi, said the staff audit of the institution is long overdue.
He said the audit will enable the institution to know the area of its strengths and weaknesses.
Lasisi allayed the fears of the workers that the exercise is not to witch hunt any staff but to assist the institution to further achieve its goals.
