…….Says Osun still owes Six (6) months salaries, Pension due arrears
An Osun State based Civil Society Organization (CSO), the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has cautioned the State governor, Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola to stop misleading the general public over the payment of half salaries and pension due to the workers and retirees alike in the State, declaring that the State Government were still owing the workers and retirees for period of six(6) months now.
The group insisted that Mr. Aregbesola led-State government was economical with the truth over its recent claimed that he has been met with its financial obligation despite the low income earning of the state as a result of gargantuan debt obtained by the present administration in the State, insisting that the State Government was unable to meet its financial obligation to workers and retires in the State for the period of six months now, as a result of irresponsible debt which Mr. Aregbesola plunged the State into presently.
Rising from the emergency meeting of the group in Osogbo on Sunday (yesterday) to review the State of the affairs of Osun State in the last one month, the CSCEOS in a statement signed by its Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, which was made available to newsmen, condemned all the anti-worker policies of the Aregbesola led present administration in the State, regretting the emergency of Mr. Aregbesola as the State governor in the last five and half (51/2) years.
The Statement analyzed that since July 2015, Mr. Aregbesola has been paying the workers and retirees alike the half salaries and pension due with discrepancies in the payment, advising Aregbesola and his co-travelers to imbibe the spirit of this Easter season by speaking the truth on the governance of this State, saying that only financial truth could save the state from brick of financial collapse.
It maintained that there was no iota of truth in the claim of the State government that it has fulfilled its financial obligations to workers despite the low allocations to the State from Federation Allocation as result of irresponsive debt, adding that since 2012, the State government were yet to pay the gratitude of retirees till date , insisting that Aregbesola should stop deceiving the public on the subject matter as ongoing propaganda could not help the State government from out of the present financial mess.
The CSCEOS therefore advised the good people, particularly, the entire workforce and retirees in the State to stand up and fight for their labour rights as stipulated in the labour law of the land, by sending a signal to Mr. Aregbesola to stop half salaries and pension due payment and balance of their six months salaries arrears should be paid, alleging that some workers’ name have been removed from the salaries payment voucher on the directive of Aregbesola to his Financial Consultant firm popularly called “Charms” .
Rights activist who urged the good people of the State at home and abroad to unite against the present administration of Aregbesola which he described as source of sorrow, tear and hunger for the people of the State, urging the people of the State to use the period of this death and resurrection of the Jesus Christ to pray fervently to the Almighty God to rescue the State from the hands of present tormentors led by Mr. Aregbesola.
According to the group, “Osun State governor, Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has been economical with the truth on the payment of salaries and pension due to workers and retirees alike in the State and as well as state of finance of the State which result we are experiencing today. Lets open the can of worm to the public through this medium and put the records straight, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola are still owing workers and retirees alike in the State for period of six(6) months respectively with a lot of short payment in the salaries in question. This development is contrary to Mr. Rauf Aregbesola’s claimed before the public that the State under his watch has been meet with its obligation to the workers and retirees despite the present financial challenges. People should ask Aregbesola why he is nicked name ’Baba Afusa means father of half salaries’. Mr. Aregbesola should not hesitate to explain to the whole world why Osun State is where we are today?. People should also ask Aregbesola why he directed his financial consultant firm ‘Charms’ from removing some workers’ names from the payment voucher.
”We will also like to put this before the public because this is common sense calculation. Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has commenced the payment of half salaries to workers and retirees in the State from July 2015 to December 2015 and we are now in March ending of 2016 where Aregbesola just announced the payment of January half payment salaries and retirees have not been paid half pension due of January as being claimed by Aregbesola in the section of the media recently. Rauf Aregbesola and his co-travelers should imbibe the spirit of the Easter season by saying the truth as only truth can save Osun State from the present financial mess”.
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