By Trevor Oluwole
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has on Sunday blamed his inability to pay His State workers and political appointees’ salaries in full on previous governments.
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Aregbesola though not happy about the development ‘said’ in a statement made by Adelani Baderinwa, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Osogbo that ‘he was not happy paying half salaries to civil servants and political appointees in the state .
Mr. Baderinwa stated that the governor said this when federal government team on digital switch over visited him at the governor’s office.
He quoted Mr. Aregbesola as saying “economic downturn induced by brazen corruption, wanton theft of crude oil and mismanagement of the country’s resources by the last administration forced the state to what it was witnessing today.’’
According to the governor, no reasonable person or government will be happy not performing its required responsibility.
He added that “we are not happy paying modulated salary to our workers in the civil service and political appointees. We are compelled by financial reality.
“Contrary to the lies around, it is not all our workers that receive half salary.
“Workers on levels 1-7, being the most vulnerable and the largest chunk of the workforce are being paid full salary.
“Workers on levels 8-10 receive 75 per cent of their salary, while levels 12 upward collect 50 per cent of their salary.
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