Adeleke pays third batch of half salaries owed workers

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the payment of another batch of the half salaries owed to workers along with the payment of their July salary.

The spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement in Osogbo on Saturday, noted that the latest payment was the third time Adeleke would pay the half salary the government owed the workers in line with the template issued early in the year to pay the debt quarterly.

Rasheed recalled Adeleke had during his electioneering promised to pay the debt in installments, adding that the administration had inherited about N26bn of half-salary debt and about N50bn in pension-related debt from the previous government.

Adeleke, while commenting on the payment, reiterated his commitment to the implementation of the template for the payment of the inherited salary debt.

The governor, who maintained that the template was a consensus among all stakeholders on how to exit the half-salary rope, further said, “I want to assure Osun workers that the payment is progressing as scheduled. Despite the tight fiscal situation, we are prioritising workers’ welfare by paying the inherited debt in installments.

“As a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, we will remain focussed on human development even as we work to upgrade our infrastructure and develop our local economy."