Human rights  activists, some workers and the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties staged a protest on Friday to express their displeasure over the unpaid salaries of workers in Osogbo.

 

The protesters marched from Igbona area to Olaiya Junction where they addressed journalists.

 

The protest at the junction caused a traffic snarl but the presence of policemen at the scene was able to ensure orderliness.

 

Armed with placards with various inscriptions such as: Pay workers and pensioners their entitlements; Aregbesola, bring back our money, the protesters said they had to use June 12 Day to rally support for the workers who they described as oppressed.

 

The Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, Mr. Sulaiman Alimi, said in an interview with journalists, that Govern0r Rauf Aregbesola had failed the people of the state.

 

He said that blaming the past government for the financial crisis in the state was an act of irresponsibility on the part of the current administration.

 

He called on the governor to resign, saying he should no longer continue in office since he could not find solution to the problem which he claimed was created by the governor.

 

He said, ” I want to say it emphatically that  Governor Rauf Aregbesola has failed the people of Osun State because he created this by mismanaging the allocation which accrued to the state. This is why he has not been able to pay workers for seven to eight months.

 

” I am using this medium to advise Aregbesola, to resign honourably from office before he will be sent out of Osun State back to Lagos where he and his allies came from. Aregbesola has failed in running the affairs of the state  and the people can no longer bear the untold hardship any longer.”

 

In a related  development, the Osun Civil Societies Coalition which is an umbrella body of pressure groups in the state has called on the Osun State Government  to devise means of paying the salaries of worker in the state civil service in the spirit of June 12 celebration.

 

The coalition which expressed its sympathy at  the workers’ despondent condition over the nonpayment of their six-month salaries stated that it would be  cruel and ungodly to celebrate June 12 when the masses are hungry in the state.

 

The Publicity Secretary of the coalition, Mr.  Ismaeel Uthman, said  this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Friday.

 

He stated that  hunger and poor health ravaging the state workers were undeniable as a result of the nonpayment of their salaries.

 

Uthman said, ” We sympathize with the workers in Osun state over their unpaid salaries; we acknowledged how difficult life has been for them because some of the members of the coalition are in the state civil service. We know life has not been easy at all.

 

“We dedicate this year June 12 to the Osun workers; to specially call on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to timely find solution to the nonpayment of the workers’ salaries. A hungry man is an angry man and there is no appeal for someone that is hungry. Aregbesola should act fast before hunger leads to death.”

The governor had earlier denied the allegation of insensitivity and financial recklessness being leveled against him over the salary issue.

 

He said, ” This administration remains very sensitive to the welfare of Osun workers. The  financial situation of that has made it unable for the state government to pay workers’ salary is disheartening and painful.

 

“However,  no one can  establish a single instance of recklessness on the part of this government.

 

 

“Those who want to accuse Aregbesola of not thinking enough on how to generate more funds should also ask how his government was able to raise IGR from N300m to N1.5bn in a spate of four years.

 

“One major thing common to most of the commentators asking Aregbesola to resign is that they are not ready to place what is happening side-by-side the state of Osun before the Aregbesola administration and where Osun is today in terms of the physical infrastructure
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Thanks.

Any chance to get and post pictures asap will be much better.

AreGbese- king of debts- needs to recall the loot he stashed offshore quickly to redeem himself before it is too late.

Shut the state down aregberascal must go.The people of osun is to blame.ln other to be tagged progressives and for a few bags of odourless fufu they voted the ldfiot that was oweing them three months salary before the elections

anonimi:
Thanks.

Any chance to get and post pictures asap will be much better.

AreGbese- king of debts- needs to recall the loot he stashed offshore quickly to redeem himself before it is too late.

I blame my fefeefoo for voting him
Cc lalasticlala ishilove Seun

If only our leaders can think outside the box,with cocoa farm I will have choclate factories that will generate enough income;yam,maize,fruits also

*singing in Asa's voice* There is fire on the mountain top......

Aregbesola deserves all the hit he his getting. If he can't find a quick solution to this salary crisis, he should resign from office and let someone else who can provide the needed solution come on board. No excuse whatsoever is tenable for his inability to pay government workers and pensioners.

Aregba rascal...yet the protesters voted him for a second tenure.

Rauf!!

smh

Ogbeni Aregbe!

Aregbesola is the best Thing to have happened to the SouthWest in this 21st century.

He deserves to be the next president of Nigeria in 2019.

Pls don't forget to send your relieve materials to the change induced suffering of the people of Osun

The rascal Aregbe used all of Osun's allocation to purchase Chinko tablets instead of paying salaries

Haba make dem calm down na ArebeRascal says he doesn't have money yet and DT he has performed let dem be patient small. yes me na pure APC supporter and yes wats going on in osun is really bad arebe should just do something fast about D's borrow if necessary.
God Bless Nigeria

Lockdown the state jare

Wetin dey worry ogbeni self....kan sanwo awon mummy wa nao....

Arethiefsola

Too late to cry
I feel sorry for this people but they r the cause of there own problem! When this man was distributing irrelevant pads n systems,sharing money unnecessarily no one was protesting oo n neither did their common sense tell them to vote him o instead they were singing aregbe ni Baba wa ooooo......... now the repercussion is here! Aregbe has regbe them
I hope they learn

Chai, e don tay wey I hear say hunger fit lead to death ..

..Infact, the APC should forget about their one meal per day and direct all funds, subventions to Osun state.

Where is UNICEF when you need them most ..

Lagos state government should come to their aid ..


Ehm, If anyone of them is hardworking and can hawk gala and other moving items on the highway, I can be of help.

Buh sincerely
Aregbe can atleast pay d money b4 ramadan

Trendy *smh*

This man is suppose to be in Ekeki or Onitsha park collecting stipend and drinking gin.... Osun do the needful

Tanoid over to you.
APC expect some bashing like is this change?

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byeeeeeeeeeee

I never eat since yesterday... No money Aregbe pay us pls

I was going to say smth, but we have a new travelling President, that has travelled to about 4 countries is 12 days, @ this rate he'll make @ least ~ 121 trips a year.

Don't worry people of Osun, it's still because of oil theft that you've not been paid according to your Governor, and btw that is not going to stop anytime soon. So brace up.




ThefakeStan

Ogbeni Aregbesola should resign.
He does not know what to do again.
I say.....resign now Aregbesola.
If you are confused resign and let Omikomi Omisore governs the state

Not to talk of corp members he has been owing state allawe for almost a year now....shame on you aregbo.and some tribal he-diots will come here n be siding him.

Omooba77:
” I am using this medium to advise Aregbesola, to resign honourably from office before he will be sent out of Osun State back to Lagos where he and his allies came from . Aregbesola has failed in running the affairs of the state and the people can no longer bear the untold hardship any longer.”

smh

[size=26pt]Osun is the poorest state in Nigeria[/size]