Osun workers have been paid up till June- Gov. Aregbesola

The Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has declared that the state’s civil servants have been paid salaries up to the month of June. According to the state governor, pensioners have also been paid, except for the gratuity owed to some of them who left service in 2011/2012.

The Governor claimed that his administration had achieved this laudable feat, despite the huge economic challenges been faced in the country.

According to NAN reports, Aregbesola said this on Wednesday July 26 in Osogbo, at a symposium organized by the Osun Command of the Police Community Relations Committee. The governor said in spite of the economic challenges confronting the nation and the state in particular, his administration had not failed in paying workers consistently.

Aregbesola said he was aware of the rumours being spread by those he regarded as antagonists to incite the public against his administration. He however, said workers in the state had been paid up to June.

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“Let me make a resounding correction that despite the paucity of funds, it is only a section of workers on grade level 12 and above who receive painfully 50 percent of their gross salaries based on agreement between the government and the labour union. “So, outside that category of workers on grade level 12 and above, no other receives half of his or her salaries and the workers in this category are just 20 percent of the state’s workforce.

“Outside that, officers on levels 8-10 receive 75 percent of their salaries while officers on levels 7 and below receive their full pay.

“Contrary to what the naysayers claim about us, all workers in the state have received their salaries up to June this year according to the payment scheme and agreement. “As we pay active workers, so we pay pensioners.

“The only outstanding pay to pensioners is the gratuity and this is due to workers who choose not to participate in the Contributory Pension Scheme and therefore left service in 2011/2012,’’ the governor said.

Recall that the federal government recently released the second tranche of the Paris fund repayment to the sate governments with Osun getting ₦6,314,106,340.62 and this is expected to be majorly used to offset outstanding salary and other entitlements of workers.