The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has warned graduate job seekers to be wary of an employment programme of the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola OmisOmisoreore.
In a statement by its spokesperson Kunle Oyatomi, the APC described the employment programme as a political fraud.
It said: “If Omisore has any job to give anyone, why should he wait until this period, when an election is less than 40 days away?” the party queried.
The party wondered how Omisore could win on a new political platform when he did not win in the previous attempts.
It said: “Just as Omisore did in 2014, he is again circulating and asking the unemployed to fill bogus employment forms. This is a scam and the people of Osun should discountenance it.
“It is another governorship election cycle and, as usual, Omisore is again engaged in a mean deception of pliable people. The people already know that Omisore is not and does not have an employment agency.
“So, for him to be giving jobless people the impression that he cares about their joblessness is fake. The purpose is to deceive and mislead impressionable people that jobs are available for them. It is another form of political fraud.”
But Omisore said his manifesto is centred on human capital development.
He said: “We are insisting on human capital development in Osun State. The working of any policy and programme is dependent on human capital development. The unemployment rate in Osun is high; for us to plan, we want to know the number of unemployed graduates.
“We want to plan for them. The government is not sincere. Our people are impoverished, but the state government is giving jobs to plumbers, masons and other artisans from Lagos.
“We are emphasising local content in our government. All jobs emanating from Osun State must be done by the people in Osun. All graduates would be employed and trained to be employable.”