A socio-political group, Dynamic Forum(DF), has called on Ondo State people to remain steadfast in their struggle to bring the desired change to the state as from February.
A statement by its Director of Publicity, Omobuwa Akinola, noted that the last seven years has not been rosy owing to poverty.
The group with membership drawn from 18 local government areas lamented that apart from the backlog of salaries arrears and pensions, infrastructural growth has ceased.
According to the statement, corruption in the state has become a common phenomenon and unprecedented since the inception of the present administration in 2009.
It noted that the annual budget being passed by the state Assembly has not been religiously implemented by the Executive for the benefit of the masses.
The group urged the people to rise up and unite at this critical moment to save the state from drifting into a failed state.
It lamented that the legislators have remained dormant as their salaries and facilities to carry out their oversight functions have ceased to come.
The DF said: “Court activities have been paralysed since the judiciary workers began an indefinite strike over a month ago, owing to wage dispute.
It expressed dismay over the ongoing strike embarked upon by civil servants over the inability of the state government to pay their five-month salaries.
But the Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, absolved the state government.
According to him, the inability of the state government to pay wages of workers as at when due and meet up with its responsibilities was due to decline in the nation’s economy.