Labour leaders in Osun State have asked Governor Rauf
Aregbesola to henceforth start paying salaries of all
categories of workers in full.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Jacob
Adekomi and Chairman, Joint Public Service Negotiating
Council, Bayo Adejumo, made this demand at a press
conference in Osogbo on Saturday.
They said labour leaders did not sign any agreement with the
government that they would be collecting half salaries
contrary to what some former commissioners and government
appointees have been saying.
Workers from grade level 01-07 are being paid in full while
those from level 08 and above have been receiving half
salaries since July 2015 but the NLC said they did not sign
this agreement with the government.
The labour leaders blamed some of the former aides of the
governor for plunging the state into the financial crisis It was
facing now because of their alleged recklessness.
The NLC chairman said, “Our demands are that government
should start to to pay our 2014 bonus which was factored
into the bailout given to the state.