The Osun State government on Monday assured the state workers that the current administration, under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke, will, in a matter of days, roll out a well-packaged transport scheme to assuage the pressure that fuel subsidy removal has wrought on its workforce.
Additionally, the state government, under the watch of Senator Ademola Adeleke, is also in the process of determining the appropriate financial support for civil servants in line with the economic realities of the state.
Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the state commissioner for information and public enlightenment who made the assurances in a statement in Osogbo, said that attention has been drawn to a ludicrous claim of workers’ discontent with the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke and that the present administration did not have workers in the schemes of things.
He, however, charged members of the public to disregard the claim, saying it was the handiwork of the opposition, who are daily winking in the dark in a desperate bid to bring the worker-friendly administration of Senator Ademola Adeleke into disrepute.
“We passionately and respectfully invite the public to discountenance the falsehood in circulation, as it was never the position of our workforce, who share the goal of Governor Adeleke in moving Osun forward.
“Additionally and with all sense of openness and transparency, we also stress that every fund that accrues to the state, including the N2bn subsidy fund and the N7bn refund from the Federal Government, is used in line with the needs of the state.”
“As we had disclosed before, the N2bn subsidy fund will be used for the procurement of vehicles and rehabilitation of public health centres, while the balance will be used to buy food to share with the people. As for the N7 billion refund, we emphasise that it will be used to fund infrastructural projects and enhance the living standards of the people of the state.”
“Finally, while we continue to re-emphasise our avowed commitment to make life better for all and sundry, we also use this opportunity to restate our commitment to the wellbeing of all.
And to our dedicated and peace-loving workers, who we are sure will not be part of any shenanigan aimed at dragging the good name of the present administration into the mud, we reassure you of our continued commitment to all acts that will continue to put smiles on their faces in line with our 5-point integral action plans.”
“We must, however, stress the reality of the financial capacity of the state and that we will be careful not to repeat the carelessness of the past that is responsible for the current challenges, “he concluded.
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