Gov Oyetola speaks on payment of half salaries in Osun state
- The Osun state governor, Gboyegba Oyetola, has debunked reports of half salaries being paid to civil servants
- The governor said the rumour is a work of the opposition party trying to incite civil servants against the state government
- The governor said he is still committed to paying full salary to civil servants
The Osun state governor, Gboyegba Oyetola, has debunked rumours of half salaries being paid to civil servants.
The governor said the rumour is a work of the opposition party trying to incite civil servants against his government, adding that he is still committed to paying full salary to civil servants.
The governor's position was made known in a a press statement issued on Saturday, March 16 by Adelani Baderinwa, the immediate past Osun commissioner for information and strategy, who is the current supervisor of same ministry.
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The statement read: “The government is not unaware of the rumour being spread by the lazy opposition members on the false and imaginary return of modulated salary payment to the workers of the state.
“The rumoured return of modulated salary remains a rumour and there is no iota of truth in it.
“Governor Gboyega Oyetola had, during the presentation of 2019 budget, declared that the era of modulated salary payment was gone, and we are happy to reaffirm that the governor is still more committed to his statement of striving to pay full salary to civil servants.
“We would also like to state that Governor Oyetola would not in anyway take any arbitrary decision on matters affecting the civil servants.”
Meanwhile, chairman of Senate committee on local content, Senator Solomon Adeola, has called for the review of revenue allocation formula by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFC), as a way of effectively implementing the recommended N30,000 minimum.
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Senator Adeola made the call during a meeting of the Senate Ad Hoc committee on minimum wage, to consider the Minimum Wage Bill on Wednesday, March 13.
The Lagos senator supported the recommended N30,000 contained in the national minimum wage bill, adding, however, that the law, when passed, must be implemented by all the three tiers of government.
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