Owed workers will be paid before June 30 – Aregbesola

Firstclass newsline gathered that the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf
Aregbesola, has promised to pay workers in the state their salaries
before the end of this month.
The governor made the promise in a statement issued in Osogbo on
Sunday by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon.
Most workers are being owed seven months' salaries.
But the statement was silent on whether the governor would pay the
backlog or he would pay part of the salaries.
The statement read in part, "Before the end of June, workers would be
paid their salaries."
The governor stated that he had a great dream for the state and that
was why he was in a hurry to begin many programmes which had earned
him applause even outside the country.
He added, "The dream has not gone awry and it is a clear vision that
Osun must be on its feet, self-reliant and be a reference point in
Nigeria. The race to ensure development within the first term of
Aregbesola was informed by the fear of what is happening now.
"Aregbesola wanted an Osun State that is self-reliant. That Osun
State, almost two decades after its creation, could not boast of
tax-paying companies speak volume about the magnitude of the works
that awaited the Aregbesola administration.
"But he did not shy away from this task of industrialisation. Within
his first term, his government had caused investors to bring up
companies, such as the Omoluabi Garment Factory, Osogbo and
Adulawo/RLG Technology Company in Ilesa.
"Just last month, a leading telephone line company, Airtel, came to
establish partnership with the Adulawo/RLG Company. These are aside
the various agro-allied companies which have benefited from the growth
schemes of the Aregbesola administration throughout the state.
"The government has also commenced aggressive drive for the
development of the solid mineral sector with the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding with an Australian mining firm, Andalusia
Mining Industry.
"It was in the same vein that the idea of an airport for aircraft
maintenance was conceived.
"Only a lazy administration would accept the tag of Osun State as a
'civil servant' state as excuse for not developing initiatives for
industrialisation.
"To accept that our state must continue to survive on the meagre
inflow through what goes to the civil servants alone is to accept that
we would continue to depend on external forces for our survival."
Firstclassnewsline.net