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Ex-CMD of OAUTH accused in panel report of widespread job racketeering


A report by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s investigative panel exposed a dire situation at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

According to the PUNCH, the former Chief Medical Director, Dr. Olumuyiwa Owojuyigbe, was implicated in over-employment and job racketeering, causing the non-payment of salaries to health workers.

Dr. Aderemi Azeez, leading the investigation, discovered a significant over-employment situation orchestrated by Owojuyigbe. The hospital, against waiver approval for 450 vacancies in 2022 employment, hired a staggering 1,973 individuals. This substantial surplus resulted in financial strain, leaving several workers unpaid for months.

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, acknowledged the investigation’s conclusion.

“We are addressing the OAUTH situation. The investigation has just been completed into this unfortunate situation. We understand the difficulties being faced by numerous innocent health workers and will do our best to resolve them equitably,” the minister wrote on his verified X (Twitter) handle.

Read also:OAU health workers lament over 10 months unpaid salaries

In a statement titled ‘OAUTH Ife and the Unrest,’ and signed by Patricia Deworitshe, the Director of Press at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the ministry addressed the unrest at OAUTH, pinning it on the job racketeering and over-employment orchestrated during Owojuyigbe’s tenure.

The statement partly read, “The hospital conducted the exercise in two phases (230 and 220) after securing the approval of the Federal Character Commission not to advertise the posts.

“During the first phase, the hospital recruited 600 instead of 230, and a total of 1,823 staff members were recruited in the second phase instead of 220.

“At the end of the two phases, the hospital recruited 2,423 staff instead of 450. As such, 1,973 staff members were recruited in excess of the approved waiver.”

The hospital’s recruitment process vastly exceeded approved limits, employing 2,423 instead of the authorised 450 staff, with an alarming…

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Parliament Panel May Summon Apple Officials Over ‘Hacking’Say Sources –


1 November, 2023 | Srishti Ruchandani

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The committee’s secretariat has expressed ‘deep concern’ and is treating the matter with the ‘utmost seriousness’,” the official said.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) is reportedly considering summoning Apple officials for an upcoming meeting to address recent alerts related to “state-sponsored attacks” sent to Opposition leaders and other public figures in the country on their iPhones, citing an official from the committee’s secretariat. The committee’s secretariat has expressed ‘deep concern’ and is treating the matter with the ‘utmost seriousness’,” the official said.

This issue came to light when several Opposition leaders claimed to have received notifications from Apple regarding “state-sponsored attackers” attempting to compromise their iPhones, and they accused the government of being involved in hacking. The government has denied these allegations and has stated that a thorough investigation will be conducted.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Raghav Chadha, and some aides of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also received the message from Apple.

Some others who received similar alerts included think-tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF) president Samir Saran, an OSD of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan.

Apple, in response to the controversy, issued a statement clarifying that they did not attribute the threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker and suggested that the notifications might be false alarms.

The government expressed its concern and confirmed the initiation of an investigation into the incident. They also noted that Apple had issued a similar advisory in nearly 150 countries, and the alerts were considered vague in nature.

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw rejected the opposition’s attack on the government, saying the “compulsive…

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Parliamentary panel summons bank officials, tech giants over cyber security and threat on July 4


The Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance on Friday called a meeting over cyber security and cyber threats on July 4. The parliamentary panel has summoned senior officials of various banks to give detailed presentations on how to prevent cyber threats in the country.

The subject for the meeting is ‘Cyber security and rising incidence of cyber/white collar crimes.’ “Oral evidence of the representatives of Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of India, Yes Bank and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on the subject ‘Cyber security and rising incidence of cyber/white collar crimes,” the committee agenda read.

The panel has also summoned the representatives of Paytm, Flipkart, Google and Apple. “Oral evidence of the representatives of One97 Communications (Paytm), Flipkart, Google and Apple on the subject ‘Cyber security and rising incidence of cyber/white collar crimes’,” it mentioned. The standing committee has expressed concerns over the rising number of cyber threat cases in the country.

Lok Sabha MP Jayant Sinha is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance. The Committee consists of 31 members; 21 members from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. (ANI)

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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Panel Discussion: How to Make Security an Enabler of Speed & Growth | Technology Senate


Panelists in this video:
+ Naseem Halder, CISO, ACKO General Insurance Ltd
+ Debojit Maitra, CISO, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd
+ Sivasubramanian M, Global CIO, VA Tech Wabag Ltd
+ Lokesh Vishwanath, Associate Director, Cyber Security Engineering, GSK
+ Vijay R, CISO, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
+ Sanjiv Mehta, Country Manager, AMD India
+ Anurag Nalawade, Director, Blancco India
+ Vipul Nayak, Head of GIC’s/GBs & Large Enterprise, Zscaler


Key Highlights:
‌+ Security is a key feature of your products or services. So if you do not scale up in that area, you’ll not be a part of the business growth: Naseem Halder, CISO, ACKO General Insurance Ltd

‌+ Security should be looked at with the angle of response time. Because we need to detect, act, and protect with a faster response time, in an effective way: Debojit Maitra, CISO, Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail Ltd

‌+ The security perimeter is not only your endpoints, but it’s much wider today. Also, with more products, there has to be speed, growth and agility. Therefore, we need to see how we can optimise operations and security solutions: Sivasubramanian M, Global CIO, VA Tech Wabag Ltd

‌+ The businesses have to get their basics right, to have secured network and systems: Lokesh Vishwanath, Associate Director, Cyber Security Engineering, GSK

+ Considering security, the most important aspect is to keep your fundamentals on point. Sustenance is the key: Vijay R, CISO, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services

+ Security and sustainability, that’s where the industry would be focussing in the future: Sanjiv Mehta, Country Manager, AMD India

‌+ Multiple-layer security is anyways an effective implementation, but with more layers, more time is required. Therefore, businesses need to look at their deployments and find a balance to ensure their security as well as response time and agility: Anurag Nalawade, Director, Blancco India

‌+ We need to consider whether we can use one solution to address multiple security issues more closer to the end consumer: Vipul Nayak, Head of GIC’s/GBs & Large Enterprise, Zscaler

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