Casual health workers storm Lagos Assembly over recruitment

By Tope Musowo

Lagos

A group, Unemployed Environmental Health Graduates, has urged Lagos state House of Assembly to intervene in the non-invitation of the Environmental Health Officers cadre in the ongoing recruitment exercise in the state.
The group, which made the plea in a peaceful protest to the House yesterday, expressed the grievance at the exercise being carried out by the Lagos state Local Government Service Commission.
Coordinator of the Group, Mr. Nureni Basorun, told the lawmakers that the group had acquired relevant trainings to fit into the job having worked for the state as non-pensionable staff.
“This group is an environment health graduates. We have actually gone through the rudiments of trainings for the cadre of environmental health officers and fit to work at any level-both public and private.
“Majority of us have been working in the syetem of the Lagos state government as non-pensionable staff with the hope that when opportunity arises for work, we would become full-fledged staff.
“Just some weeks ago, September 24 to September 29, 2017, the Lagos State Local Government Service Commission placed adverts for some jobs and our own job also have vacant positions and we applied.
“Why would they not invite us? Having made the application open for everybody to put in and they should give us a level playing ground and allow us to participate in the screening and interview exercise going on,” he said.
Basorun, who said the group, had various letter at hand about what was going on at the Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, submitted same to the House.
Responding, the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, said House would look at the petition and engage all relevant parties to resolve the issues.
Obasa, who was represented by the Chairman, House Committee on Health Services, Mr. Segun Olulade, commended the protesters for peaceful conduct and assured them of quick intervention.

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