This was disclosed on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, by the Chairman of
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in
Osun, Jacob Adekomi
Osun
State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has
approved the payment of December 2014 salaries to workers in the state.
Adekomi
revealed this at a press conference after a meeting with a state government
delegation led by Chief of Staff, Gboyega
Oyetola.
The NLC
Chairman also said that the governor had also approved the payment of the 30
per cent balance of November salaries of some workers who were yet to be paid
in full.
This was
confirmed to Punch by the Head of Service, Sunday Owoeye, who said that workers had started receiving bank
alerts for the balance of November and December 2014 salaries.
“They are already receiving alerts for the balance
of November, and part of December, 2014. A journey of 1000km starts with one
step,” Owoeye
said.
Adekomi
however said that the workers’ strike in the state would continue until more
substantial payment is made.
“We appreciate the efforts of the government
to see that salary and pension arrears are settled without further delay. Our
negation with the government is that out of eight months owed us, the minimum
we can take is five months to resume work,” Adekomi said.
“This payment is as good as no payment, because all
deductions must have been made by our various banks. Because of this, there
won’t be money for us to transport ourselves to work and feed our families,” he added.
Aregbesola
had, on June 14, promised pay the outstanding salaries but it wasn’t clear at
the time if it was for one month or the entire seven months owed.
Aregbesola Governor pays December 2014 salary
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