Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola yesterday agreed to offset the state workers’ outstanding salaries as he approved the full payment of the accrued March, April and May 2015 salaries to workers in the state.
The governor made a Uturn to his earlier decision conveyed to the workers by the state Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, that the government was only willing to pay a month salary to the workers.
The government latest decision, was however, made known in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the government and the committee inaugurated on the disbursement of the bailout funds in a release made available to newsmen in Osogbo
The governor also ordered that local government workers in the state be paid their first installment from the bailout funds to cover the payment of the balance of March and April 2015 salaries, as well as full payment of the May and June 2015 salaries; He equally approved the payment of salaries to workers on level 1-4 and above be paid immediately, assuring that the second phase of payment to the state workers will cover payment of the local government workers and primary school teachers’ salaries for the months of June, July and August, in October.
The governor stressed that the outstanding leave allowances for 2013 and 2014 of state workers will be paid from the bailout funds in November.
Responding to the development, the state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Jacob Adekomi said, “the payment covers arrears of March, April and May salaries for state workers and April, May, June for local government workers and primary school teachers”. He noted further that” the deductions from September and December salary as well as balance of January and February salaries will also be paid.”
“State pensioners will receive balance of December 2014 pensions and full payment of January to March 2015 pensions, while their counterparts in the local government and primary schools will be paid up to June”, he submitted.”
