According to the Osun State Government, there are no plans to pay half salaries or demote any of its employees.
Malam Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s press secretary, said this in a statement on Saturday in Osogbo..
The statement said that the rumours about worker downsizing and an alleged scheme to pay state employees only half their regular salary were blatant lies and cruel fabrications.
It said that the Adeleke administration will not implement payment of half salary or demotion of any state employees.
The statement reads: “We affirm that the Osun State Government under Gov. Ademola Adeleke, has not and will not demote any worker. There is also no plan to introduce half salary.
“We declare that the content of the said story and all the references to a supposed worker are mere fabrications to undermine the very strong bond between Adeleke and Osun workers, both in the formal and the informal sector.
“The bond of partnership between this administration and the workers was further cemented at the May 1 Workers Day celebration, where labour leaders praised the extraordinary commitment of Gov. Adeleke to workers’ welfare.”
The statement said the May Day event saw confirmation by all stakeholders that Gov. Adeleke was the first governor in the state to have workers’ welfare as the first item on his agenda.
“The May Day event also saw confirmation by all stakeholders that Gov. Adeleke was the first governor in Osun state to have workers’ welfare as the first item on his governance agenda.
“Members of the public and the labour movement also acknowledged that the present administration has been clearing the mess and the evil fallouts of years of maladministration by the APC in Osun state.
“Part of that acclaimed step is the template adopted to clear years of half salaries and pensions owed Osun workers.
“It is, therefore, a failed hatchet job by the opposition party to allege that a solution provider, a workers’ governor and a performing leader of peoples’ government is planning any anti-labour agenda
“Governor Adeleke has since been working round the clock to restore public confidence in government, to bridge the infrastructural gap, to clear backlogs of salaries owed to workers, to rebuild the public service, to sanitise public finance, and to digitalise Osun economy.
“We, therefore, urge members of the public to ignore the fake news about the demotion of workers and the re-introduction of half salaries.
“Gov. Adeleke is an apostle of good governance and grassroots development who upholds workers’ rights and aspirations of Osun people,” the statement said.
