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BREAKING: Pensioners slump while waiting for audit team in Osun
The staff audit was earlier suspended for weeks by the state House of Assembly over inhuman treatment meted to the civil servants by the consultant, but the suspension was lifted after she promised to adjust on the observed lapses.
Three pensioners, yesterday, collapsed in Osogbo, Osun State capital while participating in the ongoing forensic audit of active and passive workers of the state government.
The senior citizens arrived at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, venue of the exercise, waiting for the take-off, before the incident.
Vanguard observed that the exercise was yet to commence when the unfortunate incident happened at about 12.45 p.m.
Three of the pensioners collapsed while waiting for the arrival of the team to commence the exercise and it took the intervention of the health workers of the State Ambulance Service to revive and stablise the victims.
Meanwhile others, who could not withstand the rigours of standing for long, were seen lying down on the floor while others sat under trees located outside the complex.
When contacted, the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, in the state, Dele Aina, said he had been briefed of the incident and h e is on the way to access the situation to ensure that everyone is adequately taken care of.
Meanwhile the NUP had previously urged the state government to decentralise the exercise to make it easier for its members to access.
The staff audit was earlier suspended for weeks by the state House of Assembly over inhuman treatment meted to the civil servants by the consultant, but the suspension was lifted after she promised to adjust on the observed lapses.
