Platinum Consultant, a firm hired by Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration to handle auditing and verification exercises of all state-owned tertiary institutions has been chased out of The Polytechnic Ibadan on Wednesday.
Poly staff while justifying their revolutionised action said, it has got to the time when they cant longer tolerate the uncoordinated and abuse of power of Platinum Consultant.
Westerndailynews learnt that, Platinum consultant was introduced to state owned institution last year by state government, the consultant was saddled with the responsibilities of handling the finances of institutions as well as to conduct staff audit exercises.
Mr. Akande Ibrahim, NASU Chairman of the institution while addressing his colleagues at the North campus of the institution said that members of staff of the institution had been complying with excesses of Platinum Consultant until in the recent time that he started harassing, intimidating and insulting members of staff.
In his words: “As at Tuesday, he threatened to summarily sack our members who were in one way or the other had issues with him. He said he would sack or demote them, and
if they go to court for redress, nothing good would come out of it”.