The leadership of labour movement in Osun state has congratulated the state governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola on his three years of sterling, outstanding and inspiring style of governance as the State helmsman which has endeared the rank and file in both private, public services.
This is contained in a congratulatory message issued and signed by the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Comrade Babatunde Adekomi, Chairman, Trade Union Congress – TUC, Comrade Adebowale Adekola and Chairman, Joint Negotiations Council, Comrade Bayo Adejumo, it reads, “Truth are sacred, the Osun economy in the last thirty six months have been revolutionized and positively reinvigorated through performing and viable indices of micro and macro economics in purchasing power of civil servants, just by the singular act of prompt and timely payment of full salaries in minimum wage, this is the icing on the cake for us as labour leaders”, the statement reads.
In retrospect, “we are glad that the Governor is a man of his words, he promised to prioritize our welfare in his inaugural speech and he has lived up to our expectations despite the myriads of economic realities and challenges, obviously acknowledged by all which is not limited to the payment of N70billion debt portfolio deductable from Osun State FAAC allocation in payment of outstanding debt incurred by previous administrations, regular issuance of pensionable bond certificates, payment of monthly pension to pensioners on the old pension scheme and constant release of funds for the settlement of gratuities to the tune of N40billion within three years which is really surprising”.
As labour leaders, we are aware as bureaucrats in the system that he has not borrowed a dime either in loans or bonds, yet to receive any bail out or financial grant from the federal government and infrastructure projects are still springing up unprecedented in all localities, we commend him for his prudency, ingenuity and sacrificial leadership of limited resources as a seasoned administrator.
However, in the spirit of this auspicious and memorable third year celebration, we bring to the remembrance of Mr. Governor on the memorandum of understanding he has signed with the labour movement on our plethora of confrontations which includes and not limited to payment of outstanding half salaries owed by previous administration, the statement concluded.
