Generator Explodes, Kills Ondo Radio Staff Member

An engineer in the engineering department of Ondo State Radio vision Corporation(OSRC) Mr Rotimi Fagbemi at the weekend reportedly died of generator fume.LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered that his body was severely mutilated as the generator exploded and allegedly slashed him into pieces.It was learnt that the faulty generator, which had been serving the media outfit as the only source of power supply in the past one year, reportedly exploded and killed him.The incident was said to have instantly led to the suspension of transmission while the workers on duty wailed and accused the management of total neglect of workers condition of service in the station.
Many workers, who spoke said their destiny had been tied to the wisdom of the corporation’s director- general.They said that they have resigned to fate as previous efforts to get the attention of Governor Olusegun Mimiko were turned against their leaders, who were arrested, detained and subsequently suspended before being redeployed from the station.It would be recalled that few months ago, union leaders in OSRC and other workers protested the alleged poor working condition and maladministration by its management.The protest led to the setting up of an investigation panel headed by the former head of service(HoS),Barr Ajose Kudehinbu, which made various recommendations to overhaul the entire system in the corporation for better output.Sources said a portion of the panel’s recommendations read: “OSRC, with our findings, is a place where a reasonable human being should not wish to work, hence the state government should urgently intervene to bail the corporation out”. However, this report could not see the light of day.Instead, all the workers and union leaders, who appeared before the Kudehinbu’s panel to give insight into the myriads of problems in the corporation, were sanctioned.Some of them were said to have been re-deployed, demoted or denied their normal entitlements for agitating for better working condition in the establishment.Among the affected workers, who are journalists in the News and Current Affairs Department were the former NUJ, OSRC chapel chairman, Taiwo Ibitoye; his successor, Wahab Bankole; Sola Obagbemisoye, Obafemi Sogbe and RATTAWU chairman, Olatunji Ogidan. When contacted on the incident, police spokesman, Wole Ogodo, Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) confirmed the incident to LEADERSHIP Sunday.