Osun threatens to bar civil servants from secretariat over COVID-19 vaccine

Osun State government on Sunday directed civil servants across the state to take the COVID-19 vaccine within three weeks or be barred from entering the secretariat.

The Special Adviser on Public Health to the Governor, Dr. Siji Olamiju, in a chat with journalists in Osogbo, said the state government had instructed its employees to visit the state clinic for COVID-19 test and vaccination.

“We have given the state civil servants a period of three weeks to have themselves vaccinated. The head of service is heading a sensitisation campaign among the civil servants and across the ministries and agencies.

READ ALSO:We didn’t mandate COVID-19 vaccination as condition for clearance, Osun NYSC clarifies

“After the three weeks period, anyone who remained recalcitrant to the directive, the government would decide what to do with such persons. We don’t just give directives, we also ensure that facilities to attend to them is readily available. So anyone who refused to take advantage of the period may not be allowed to enter the State Secretariat.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now