The All Progressives Congress(APC) and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Osun State have locked horns over delay of salary payment to civil servants in the state by Governor Ademola Adeleke for the month of March 2023.
The leadership of APC blamed that, Adeleke has run the state aground because of his inability to pay March salary and pension to civil servants across the state promptly, noting that he has reneged his campaign promise of paying every 26th of the month.
A statement by the Acting chairman of APC, Mr Tajudeen Lawal said “within the spate of four months Adeleke has run the state finance aground because he has been spending the inherited state funds without recourse to accountability and probity.
“The reality on the ground now is that Adeleke has blown on frivolities all the funds that he inherited from his predecessor and those that accrued to his government to the extent that he cannot pay the salaries of the workers again as and when due. Adeleke is stylishly awaiting March federal allocation from Abuja before he could accomplish his governmental obligations with reference to the payment of the workers’ salaries.”
“This development points to the fact that Adeleke lacks the wherewithal to successfully run the administration of Osun State which is manifesting through his continuous emotional unplanned mode of governance”, Lawal stated.
Meanwhile, the leadership of PDP through the Caretaker chairman, Dr Adekunle Akindele held that APC is financially illiterate over its comments on the March salary, declaring that the opposition is gullible by its reaction on the state’s finance.
He explained that “Osun state workers understand the imperative of the delay from last week as it was meant to serve their interest to ensure payment of their long-awaited promotion arrears, which the last APC government denied them. They know they will soon start receiving alerts from Monday.
After failing for four years to pay the promotion arrears, contributory pensions and the half salary of workers in Osun state, the APC is shamed by the sterling records of Adeleke’s administration which include clearing all the messy legacy of the previous government. This explains its unfounded vituperations and false alarm on Osun finance.