Osun promises to pay workers' salary in March

The Osun state government has assured its workers of being paid March salary despite the infrastructure programmes it has been prosecuting
 

Osun state government has discredited the circulating insinuations of not paying the salaries in March despite the N6 million federal allocation it received in February.

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 Semiu Okanlawon, the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy assured the workers in a statement that the government would pay their salaries.
“Just as the Rauf Aregbesola administration had weathered the storm to pay salaries up to December, the government is executing a well-mapped out strategy to ensure that workers do not suffer. “The state received less than N150 million from October till date, due to the repayment obligations for the infrastructure programmes it has been prosecuting. “Despite its obligations, Osun has paid more than N5 billion in salaries during the same period. “Federal Allocation is not the state’s only source of revenue and the support of workers has allowed us to stretch our reserves and other sources to pay on mutually agreed terms as well as fulfill our promises to the people.
 “The fact remains that Osun, under Aregbesola did not have to wait for the day the state would get N6 million as allocation before proffering solutions towards sustainable economic self-reliance. “This is why Osun has reduced the cost of governance, moved aggressively to increase Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), sought to attract investments through provision of hitherto non-existent infrastructure and enabling environment and instituted performance-driven governance. “The government, therefore, calls on its critics not to capitalise on the last allocation to make unguarded statements. “We are aware of those whose job it is to confuse the unsuspecting public through their mischievous statements.