Persons with disabilities shutdown Oyo secretariat, protest alleged shortchange in TESCOM’s recruitment

Persons living with disabilities in Oyo State in their hundreds on Monday morning shut down the State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan as they expressed their displeasure and protested against what they described as the shortchanging of their members in the recently conducted recruitment by the state Teaching Service Commission TESCOM.

The protesters locked all the entrance gates to the secretariat, thereby, denying workers and others access to the premises.

The protest has not only crippled the business of governance but also triggered traffic congestion around Bodija, Mokola and Agodi axis of Ibadan.

Mega Icon Magazine recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde had earlier given a directive to the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) to recruit no fewer than  7,000 teachers; 2,000 non-teaching staff and 1,600 night guards.

TESCOM has also released the list of successful candidates.

In a chat with Mega Icon Magazine, some of the protesters expressed disappointment that when the list of shortlisted persons were released, most of their members with genuine certificates were declined against the promise earlier made by the state government.

According to the protesters, they are more vulnerable to poverty and disaster, declaring that the list of successful candidates allocated to persons with disability is fake.

They, however appealed to Governor Makinde to come to the aid of persons with disability by ensuring that the anomaly was addressed.