Arakunrin
Rotimi Akeredolu has played down media reports that he appealed to Ondo
State civil servants to forfeit two months salaries out of the 6 months
salary backlog.
Rotimi Akeredolu
The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied a media report which said he planned to force workers to forgo their salary arrears.
He declared that his administration would soon offset the N34bn of six months salaries owed the workers in the state.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Segun
Ajiboye, the governor described the reports as falsehood, saying there
was no event he asked the workers to forgo two months of their salary
arrears.
The governor appealed to the people behind the report to desist
from the act. He said the report was a dangerous trend, capable of
causing disaffection among the people of the state.
He said, “I want to state here that there is no truth in the
rumour making the rounds that the administration is asking workers in
the state to forgo two months of the salary arrears owed them. The talk
is nothing but a pack of lies and a mere imagination of the people
behind its spread.
“I would love to reiterate my commitment to make the welfare of
the workers the priority of this administration. They are goose that
lay the golden eggs and I appreciate their efforts and commitment to
develop Ondo State and take it to the next level.”
Similarly, Akeredolu has said the revenue inflows accruing to the
state must geometrically increase in order for the government to be able
to deliver promptly on all projections set by the administration.
The governor, who spoke while receiving the report of the Committee
on the Payment of Arrears of Salaries of Public Servants in Ondo State
on Monday, said the Internally Generated Revenue profile of the state
had to be taken to a proportion above the recurrent expenditure of the
state for meaningful development to take place.
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