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ONDO SALARY ARREARS : AKEREDOLU SET-UP COMMITTEE




As the new Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi  Akeredolu  resumes office today, Monday for his first  official assignment  in office, he has directed  that all committee  be set-up to look into modalities  of how  the salaries  arrears will be paid in the state.


Akeredolu  speaking at a prayer session and maiden  meeting with all levels of workers at the Governor's  office ground ,Akure  directs  that a committee should be put in place at working out modalities of how the workers salaries  arrears  will be upset soon.


The Governor who sympathised  with the workers  over the non payment of the salaries arrears,  noting that workers welfare is paramout to his administration and promised  a robust working relationships  to all the workers.

His words " Thank God the Accountat General of the  state has resurrects, after a while,  think he should be able to tell us more why the salaries have not  been paid over a long period now  and just now a committee  will be set-up to work-out modalities on settling  this salary arrears  first  ".


He noted that the workers are one key factor at  driving the wheel of governance, hence charged them to be committed and dedicated to duty at all times, for the work to minimal  and effective.


Akeredolu  who promised  the determination  of his administration  to key-into tapping the bitumen deposit in the state for exportation  and developing  the state too,posits that Agriculture  and youths  development  will also be paramount and dear to him.

While the Governor  quickly summoned a meeting with all heads  of accounting in all ministries, parastatals and MDAs  across the state.


It will be recalled that ,few days to expiration of last administration,  the state Accountant General,  Mr. Olu  Akindolure  was said to have went under-ground for reasons that may be in connected  with the state of finance of the  Sunshine state, as the workers and pensioners are been owed seven (7)  months now.



Present at the meeting, the Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, head of service , Barr.  Toyin  Akinkuotu,  all Permanent  Secretaries,  heads of agencies and the workers with political  associates and friends.


Earlier,  the Head of Service, Toyin Akinkuotu  promised the new administration  of the support  of entire workforce of the state , as he mentioned the issue of the salaries  arrears owing the workers in the state.

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