Professor Adepoju Olusola
Following an article by SaharaReporters revealing how he granted fraudulent contracts without recourse to procedure or due process, the Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Adepoju Olusola, has began witch-hunting and victimizing certain staff.
The agency has been converted into a personal estate by Olusola, according to SaharaReporters.
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FRIN board members were refused access to all financial and administrative operations of the organization, according to a source, including records of budgets, expenditures, contracts, appointments, and promotions done under the Director-General.
Olusola ordered the relocation of people he characterized as "enemies" from the agency's headquarters in Ibadan to several Northern and South-Eastern states weeks after the news broke.
The Director-General also questioned several employees.
“He's been using the management to track out those he considers to be adversaries. Employees have been victimized as a result of the publishing by SaharaReporters, and they have been threatened with termination.
“Unfortunately, the board of directors and management have not presented a verified report of an objective inquiry into the claimed concerns.
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“Also, the majority of us who were relocated to other states were not given any allowances to help with our redeployment. They asked him a question when one of us brought it to their notice.
“On this, the labor union has been divided and bought over. In the institute, the DG has turned to God. With his Abuja connections and clout, he is always harassing and threatening workers.
“Transport and resettlement allowance must be made available before transfer or posting,” according to Section 130105 of the public service regulation, a source informed SaharaReporters on Tuesday.
A source had briefed SaharaReporters in the first, accusing Olusola of unlawfully elevating staff employees without respect for public service standards.
"As certified by IPPIS, the Director-General, Professor Adepoju Olusola, has been discovered withholding employee deductions (contributions of nearly N50,000,000) to a co-operative organization for the month of October 2020.
"Illegal deductions from employee pay (at random) with no cause or explanation, and a request for a refund (he does not listen to anybody) for the same October, 2020.
“Breaking of a civil service regulation in regard to staff advancement. In the year 2020, a promotion exercise was held, and around 30% -40% of employees were denied promotion despite passing the exam, but he claimed there was no availability.
“Those that were promoted received their letters and were promoted accordingly by January 2021, this year. To our surprise, several of those who were promoted and served their letters were awarded another promotion by June 2021. We discovered that they are his fellow inmates at the facility.
“Imagine someone was promoted to Grade Level 11 in January 2021 and then advanced to Grade Level 13 in June 2021, all within five months.
“All attempts to get him to explain his actions were futile since he refuses to be questioned. People are frightened to question him because he is above the law,” the insider claimed.
Following an article by SaharaReporters revealing how he granted fraudulent contracts without recourse to procedure or due process, the Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Adepoju Olusola, has began witch-hunting and victimizing certain staff.
The agency has been converted into a personal estate by Olusola, according to SaharaReporters.
FRIN board members were refused access to all financial and administrative operations of the organization, according to a source, including records of budgets, expenditures, contracts, appointments, and promotions done under the Director-General.
Olusola ordered the relocation of people he characterized as "enemies" from the agency's headquarters in Ibadan to several Northern and South-Eastern states weeks after the news broke.
The Director-General also questioned several employees.
“He's been using the management to track out those he considers to be adversaries. Employees have been victimized as a result of the publishing by SaharaReporters, and they have been threatened with termination.
“Unfortunately, the board of directors and management have not presented a verified report of an objective inquiry into the claimed concerns.
“Also, the majority of us who were relocated to other states were not given any allowances to help with our redeployment. They asked him a question when one of us brought it to their notice.
“On this, the labor union has been divided and bought over. In the institute, the DG has turned to God. With his Abuja connections and clout, he is always harassing and threatening workers.
“Transport and resettlement allowance must be made available before transfer or posting,” according to Section 130105 of the public service regulation, a source informed SaharaReporters on Tuesday.
A source had briefed SaharaReporters in the first, accusing Olusola of unlawfully elevating staff employees without respect for public service standards.
"As certified by IPPIS, the Director-General, Professor Adepoju Olusola, has been discovered withholding employee deductions (contributions of nearly N50,000,000) to a co-operative organization for the month of October 2020.
"Illegal deductions from employee pay (at random) with no cause or explanation, and a request for a refund (he does not listen to anybody) for the same October, 2020.
“Breaking of a civil service regulation in regard to staff advancement. In the year 2020, a promotion exercise was held, and around 30% -40% of employees were denied promotion despite passing the exam, but he claimed there was no availability.
“Those that were promoted received their letters and were promoted accordingly by January 2021, this year. To our surprise, several of those who were promoted and served their letters were awarded another promotion by June 2021. We discovered that they are his fellow inmates at the facility.
“Imagine someone was promoted to Grade Level 11 in January 2021 and then advanced to Grade Level 13 in June 2021, all within five months.
“All attempts to get him to explain his actions were futile since he refuses to be questioned. People are frightened to question him because he is above the law,” the insider claimed.
