Finally, Osun State Govt Starts Salary Payment, Announces Pay Cut For Political Office Holders

Osun State Government has announced the commencement of the process of paying the salaries of civil servants in the state.Workers in the state were owed for seven months.

A statement issued by the Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s office, Tuesday, said it the state was paying the balance of November and full December salary arrears owed.

“We must assure our people that serious efforts are on to ensure the remaining months are also cleared,” the statement said.

Also, the government has announced a 50 per cent cut in salaries and allowances of all political office holders in the state.

The statement further read that the government, while saddened and troubled by the turn of events in the financial status of the state and the country at large, is taking responsibility for the unfortunate problem and is prepared to meet the challenge head-on.

“Since the inception of this government, we have treated the resources under our control with the utmost respect and disbursed them diligently for the greater benefits of our people. Our mandate had always been to use our God-given wealth to bridge the gap between the downtrodden and the government.

“It is very unfortunate that we find ourselves unable to pay our workers their due wages for several months when, in the past, we stood for paying on or before the 25th of each month. We thank the ever gracious and understanding workers of our state for their patience as we go through this most trying time.