The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has
promised to pay workers in the state their salaries
before the end of this month.
The governor made the promise in a statement
issued in Osogbo on Sunday by his media aide,
Mr. Semiu Okanlawon.
Most workers are being owed seven months’
salaries.
But the statement was silent on whether the
governor would pay the backlog or he would pay
part of the salaries.
The statement read in part, “Before the end of
June, workers would be paid their salaries.”
The governor stated that he had a great dream for
the state and that was why he was in a hurry to
begin many programmes which had earned him
applause even outside the country.
He added, “The dream has not gone awry and it is
a clear vision that Osun must be on its feet, self-
reliant and be a reference point in Nigeria. The
race to ensure development within the first term of
Aregbesola was informed by the fear of what is
happening now.
“Aregbesola wanted an Osun State that is self-
reliant. That Osun State, almost two decades after
its creation, could not boast of tax-paying
companies speak volume about the magnitude of
the works that awaited the Aregbesola
administration.
“But he did not shy away from this task of
industrialisation. Within his first term, his
government had caused investors to bring up
companies, such as the Omoluabi Garment
Factory, Osogbo and Adulawo/RLG Technology
Company in Ilesa.
“Just last month, a leading telephone line
company, Airtel, came to establish partnership with
the Adulawo/RLG Company. These are aside the
various agro-allied companies which have
benefited from the growth schemes of the
Aregbesola administration throughout the state.
“The government has also commenced aggressive
drive for the development of the solid mineral
sector with the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding with an Australian mining firm,
Andalusia Mining Industry.
“It was in the same vein that the idea of an airport
for aircraft maintenance was conceived.
“Only a lazy administration would accept the tag of
Osun State as a ‘civil servant’ state as excuse for
not developing initiatives for industrialisation.
“To accept that our state must continue to survive
on the meagre inflow through what goes to the
civil servants alone is to accept that we would
continue to depend on external forces for our
survival.”

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