Local Govt Service Commission Head Not Job For Boys – Ex-Chairman

Kazeem Badmus

THE immediate past Chairman of Local Government Service Commission in Osun State, Elder Tunde Adedeji, has stated that the present occupant of the seat is not experienced enough for the kind of du es that the office required.

It would be recalled that Governor Ademola Adeleke appointed his 30-year-old nephew, Mr Tunji Adeleke (Jnr) to head the commission, a decision that has received strong condemna on from some sec- ons in the state.

Adedeji maintained that Tunji Adeleke (Jnr) might not be able to func on well in his role since he has no working experience.

The former Chairman of the commission while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday, however, said if the new appointee could embrace humility, learn very fast and take necessary advice, he might succeed as chairman of the commission.

He said Governor Ademola Adeleke might have put his nephew there because he did not know what the Chairman of the commission entails.

Adedeji said: “The person to head the local government service commission must be somebody who has wide experience both in private and public life; somebody matured. When I say mature, he must be calm and must be able to take calm acons.

“The job of the local government service commission is all about the en re staff of the local government minus poli cal office holders.

“So, if you put a young person who doesn’t have experience, one thing that would happen is; if he is a well-trained person coming from a good home and is prepared to learn, he might be able to cope.

“If he is an arrogant type, the civil servants will mess him up because they are more mature, experienced and elderly. We have in the civil service people that are close to 60 years. People that doctored their ages and are calling themselves under 60 years.

“So, when you now