The State Pastor of the Living Faith Church, also known as the Winners’ Chapel, Osogbo, Olumuyiwa Emmanuel, on Sunday made a passionate appeal to members of the church to start bringing foodstuffs and money to assist members (workers) who are civil servants that have not been paid their salaries in the last seven months.

The cleric made the appeal to the congregation in his sermon during the first service held at the church in Osogbo.

Emmanuel said that the church had observed that the salary issue was affecting some members of the church who were civil servants and had decided to make the call to offer them succour.

He said, “There are people among us who are civil servants and who have not been paid for about seven months. These people need our help especially at this time.

“Whatever you have, begin to bring them to the church from tomorrow. Bring foodstuffs and money. We must be our brothers’ keepers. Don’t bring clothes; this is not the time for that.

“There are people who slept on an empty stomach last night and we must not pretend that we don’t know. Bring foodstuff and money; they will be distributed to those of them who need it next Sunday.

“We are going to reach out to them effectively and maximally because nobody must suffer in our midst.”

The pastor said that there were some families where the husbands and the wives were civil servants, saying the effect of the unpaid salaries was being felt more in such homes.

It will be recalled that the labour unions in the state had on May 25 embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the backlog of salaries. The workers vowed not to return to work until their salaries were paid.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola had, on Tuesday at the inauguration of the sixth House of Assembly, explained that the delay in the payment of salaries was caused by the dwindling resources coming to the state from the Federal Government.

Aregbesola said, “Problem began in 2012 when our expenditure increased as a result of the hike in minimum wage. This was when we applied the increase to junior workers only. Then, our total emoluments rose to N2.7bn from the N1.4bn that I met in November 2010.

“By December of that year, it hit N3.5bn. At the same period, our statutory allocation increased marginally from N2.1bn to N2.5bn. By July of 2013, our total emoluments hit N4bn while our statutory allocation was N2.1bn. By then, we had extended the increase to other workers.”

BackDatAssUp:

[size=18pt]Osun State Civil Servants Relief Fund[/size]

Dear fellow forumites and forum rats,
I come to you on behalf of the good hardworking but not so smart civil servants of the state of osun under aregberascal who for 7 months and counting have not received their monthly emoluments owing to GEJ and Ngozi carting away Osun people's $20bn from the NNPC account.

Things are very hard in Osun and as I write this urgent appeal most homes go to sleep without their regular amala ati ewedu.

But with a minimum of 200 naira a month you can make a difference.

We are also considering opening a food bank where you can drop off any expired tin foods or food products without nafdac approval.

Also, with just 5000 naira a month you can adopt an Osun state civil servants.

So let's make a difference, we are the world bla bla bla

For further enquiries on how you can make donations pls PM me.

barcanista:
@Wombraiders

barcanista:
Why can't he stop the policy of free feeding, dispose the state owned helicopter and withold his own allocation and those of his appointees?

WombRaiders:


how far?

Up Barca!

stinggy:

Policy of feeding has already been paid for through a sector of the budget, do you collect money back from the company or what?

BackDatAssUp:


Osun State Civil Servants Relief Fund

Dear fellow forumites and forum rats,

I come to you on behalf of the good hardworking but not so smart civil servants of the state of osun under aregberascal who for 7 months and counting have not received their monthly emoluments owing to GEJ and Ngozi carting away Osun people's $20bn from the NNPC account.

Things are very hard in Osun and as I write this urgent appeal most homes go to sleep without their regular amala ati ewedu.

But with a minimum of 200 naira a month you can make a difference.

We are also considering opening a food bank where you can drop off any expired tin foods or food products without nafdac approval.

Also, with just 5000 naira a month you can adopt an Osun state civil servants.

So let's make a difference, we are the world bla bla bla

For further enquiries on how you can make donations pls PM me.

barcanista:
Already been paid by who? where did the government get N3.2 billion to pay for the 2015 feeding expenses? The reason Aregbe doesn't want to stop it is because he's benefitting from it.

WombRaiders:
I started a movement here on NL but they ignored me.

NL is full of wicked people

Ohammadike:
When are we donating.On behalf of me,mine and myself l humbly donate one spoon of rice,one tomato and one head of fish to feed the gullible people of osun.

lt is not much but enough to cook rice and fish stew

WombRaiders:
I started a movement here on NL but they ignored me.

NL is full of wicked people

WombRaiders:


Given that AregbeRascal gave 2 cups per vote, I think your offer is very much adequate

barcanista:
Why can't he stop the policy of free feeding, dispose the state owned helicopter and withold his own allocation and those of his appointees?