CRISIS BREWS IN FMC ABEOKUTA OVER ALLEGED FALSIFICATION OF AGE BY MEDICAL DIRECTOR
A serious industrial crisis now brew at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State following the alleged falsification of age by the outgoing Medical Director of the hospital, Prof Adewale Musa Olomu.
Olomu who is seeking a second term was alleged to have falsified his age while seeking appointment as the Medical Director of the hospital.
Already, a group of concerned staff of the hospital under the aegis of The Concerned Staff have petitioned the Minister of Health on the alleged age falsification by Prof Olomu.
Documents made available to our correspondent showed that Olomu presented two sworn declaration of age at different times to the board and management of the hospital.
In one of the documents, Olomu claimed he was born in January 1960, while in the other one he claimed he was born in January 1964.
It was learnt that Olomu allegedly presented the 1964 sworn declaration of age to the board and management of the hospital while seeking a second term in office, having realized that by the 1960 age declaration he had earlier presented, he was above 60 years of age and may not be eligible to hold the office for the second term.
In the petition written by the concerned staff, copy of which was made available to our correspondent, the aggrieved staff threatened to engage in legal action against the Medical Director if the government fails in it’s bid to stop him from running a second term in office.
The staff in the petition signed by Abdulahi Abiodun entitled “Falsification of age by Prof. Adewale Musa Olomu” alleged that Olomu falsified his age on two different government employment documents.
The petition reads “while we have sufficient documents to support this allegation, the claim by the Medical Director to have cut away four years from his age is not only mischievous and fruadulent but also criminal.
“He has by his action criminally violated the public service regulations and government circulars by presenting himself for second term in office when he has actually turned 61 years of age by 6th of January, 2021.
“This is not tenable in any institution like Federal Medical Centre and similar Ministries, Departments and Agencies under the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We have directed our lawyers to file the documents with appropriate institutional and legal authorities,” it added.
Efforts to speak with Prof. Olomu on the development proved abortive.
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