Adeleke did not promise to pay salary arrears in six months

The Osun State Government has faulted calls by the All Progressives Congress for it to keep to its campaign promise of paying all the salary arrears of workers within the first six months of assumption of office.

The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, while clearing the air in a statement released on Friday, said Governor Ademola Adeleke did not make such a promise.

“Yes, Governor Ademola Adeleke promised to pay the arrears of half salaries, but he did not set any timeline for the payment. There was never a time the governor said he would pay up all the arrears in six months.

“The APC since losing the governorship election has been going about spewing lies and half-truths. I am not surprised though, they are now in the opposition, but I urge them not to mislead the people by looking for cheap sympathy. Adeleke has paid two months, they did not pay one (month salary) for four years, should they be talking?

“This government already has an agreement with the NLC, there is already a modality on how the half salary arrears will be paid and we are not going to renege,” the commissioner stated.

Alimi, while stressing that Adeleke and the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State had worked out modalities on how the arrears would be paid,  added that the present administration would continue to take the welfare of civil servants seriously.

He also urged the members of the public to disregard the APC members and their known antics, describing their stance on the matter as losing grasp with reality after their defeat at the polls.

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