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  • Warning strike: Osun workers stay away from offices

    The Osun Government workers, on Wednesday, stayed away from the state secretariat, Abere, Osogbo, in compliance with the directive of the Joint Labour Unions to embark on a three-day warning strike.

    The News men reports that all the offices at the state secretariat were under lock and key, as no worker was seen on the premises, except the security personnel.

    The same scenario played out at the Olorunda and Osogbo Local Government Secretariats, both in Osogbo.

    The news men recalls that the strike followed a notice issued on Tuesday by the state Joint Labour Unions, comprising the Joint Negotiating Council, Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress,

    The statement directed all civil servants in the state to embark on a three-day warning strike to demand the payment of their salary arrears and other entitlements.

    The unions in the statement are asking the state government the payment of 34 months’ salary arrears of 50 per cent for officers on Grade Level 08 and above, equaling 17 months full salary.

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    “Payment of 34 months pension arrears of retired workers in the state, remittance of 34 months contributory pension arrears, and payment of outstanding gratuity to all pensioners”.

    Also, the workers are demanding payment of the 2016 leave allowances across board to officers of the state government.

    In his reaction, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, the Osun Commissioner of Information and Strategy, said a meeting was being arranged with the workers to resolve the issues rose.

    “We always find a way of resolving whatever differences that we have with the workers in the state and I assure you that this is not going to be an exception.

    “The issues raised are issues that are always being addressed since, even without anybody asking for it, I am sure we are going to find a way of resolving the issues,” he said.

  • Osun denies increment in tuition fee

    Osun denies increment in tuition fee

    The Osun State Government has denied the increment in tuition fee. This was shown in a press release signed by the commissioner for Information and strategy, Adelani Baderinwa which reads thus, “the State Government of Osun has called on students in the state owned higher institutions to handle with sense of responsibility, their reservations on what they alleged as increase in school fees”.

    Government puts it on record that it has not authorised any increment in the tuition fees in any of the state owned tertiary institutions.

    As at today, the tuition fees of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and the College of Technology, Esa-Oke remain N25, 000 while that of Osun state College of Education, Ilesa and Ila-Orangun is still N20, 000.

    For new students who have just applied to the institutions, some ancillary charges for some services, some of which are optional, were introduced and do not apply at all to current students.

    It is pertinent to remind the people that the Aregbesola government, at its inception and without being persuaded in 2011 reduced the tuition fees of all the state owned tertiary institutions from N45,000 to N25,000. Since the reduction in 2011, the government has not put a penny on the tuition fees.

    Government wishes to state that the managements of the tertiary institutions are autonomous and they have authority to fix reasonable charges to ensure availability and maintenance of some needful resources that enhance learning.

    Government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola reiterates its commitment to promoting functional and affordable education, the manifestation of which is the improvement in the standard of education in the state.

    The government calls on the students to be peaceful and orderly in their protest. It is true that protest is legitimate but they should not be allowed to be hijacked by miscreants and political jobbers who are always looking for such avenue to unleash unpleasant experiences on the people. They should be informed that the rights of other people start from where theirs end”.

  • I am not happy paying civil servants half salaries – Aregbesola

    I am not happy paying civil servants half salaries – Aregbesola

    Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Sunday said he was not happy paying half salaries to civil servants and political appointees in the state.

    The information is in a statement by Mr Adelani Baderinwa, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Osogbo.

    Baderinwa stated that the governor said this when Federal Government team on digital switch over visited him at the governor’s office.

    He quoted Aregbesola as saying “economic downturn induced by brazen corruption, wanton theft of crude oil and mismanagement of the country’s resources by the last administration forced the state to what it was witnessing today.’’

    According to the governor, no reasonable person or government will be happy not performing its required responsibility.

    He added that “we are not happy paying modulated salary to our workers in the civil service and political appointees. We are compelled by financial reality.

    “Contrary to the lies around , it is not all our workers that receive half salary.

    “Workers on levels 1-7, being the most vulnerable and the largest chunk of the workforce are being paid full salary.

    “Workers on levels 8-10 receive 75 per cent of their salary, while levels 12 upward collect 50 per cent of their salary.

    “The workers have shown maturity, support and understanding. We acknowledge and appreciate the sacrifices and support of the workers.”

    Aregbesola, however, said the financial burden on the government was incurred to provide infrastructure and develop the state.

    NAN

  • Doctors in Osun protest non-payment of salaries, poor hospital environment

    Doctors in Osun protest non-payment of salaries, poor hospital environment

    Medical doctors  working with Osun Government on Thursday staged a peaceful protest  over the nonpayment of  salary arrears and poor condition of hospitals  in public hospitals in the  State .

    The protest was led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Osun State chapter , Dr Tokunbo Olajumoke.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the doctors staged similar protest on June 1, on the same issues.

    The doctors, who chanted anti – government songs marched from the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo to the popular Olaiya Junction to Oke Fia Roundabout.

    The NMA chairman , who later addressed journalists said salaries of doctors had been slashed drastically, saying they were now receiving a paltry 30 percent of their salaries while the state government was taxing them based on the 100 percent of the salaries.

    Olajumoke said that the doctors were not carried along when the governor decided to order that their salaries should be slashed .

    “Our protest is not only centred on our salaries rather on state of our hospitals that lacked the equipment and drugs .

    “The conditions of our hospitals are bad, there are no drugs: the most expensive drugs in many hospitals are paracetamol and other painkillers.

    “We say no to obnoxious tax regime , we say no to amputated salaries and we want our hospitals to work in the interest of the people , who can not afford to seek treatment abroad .

    “After today’ s protest , we will review our strategies and we will come up with a more drastic action and that is why we are calling on major stakeholders in the state to talk to the governor .

    “We cannot give half treatment to our patients because we are being paid ‘amputated’ salaries.

    “We have done everything humanly possible but the governor is recalcitrant; We also will not allow our rights to be trampled upon and keep silent,” Olajumoke said.

    Reacting to the protest, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, appealed to the doctors to show understanding with the government .

    “Our appeal to the doctors is that they should take the ethics of their profession seriously, they should consider the financial status of Nigeria which Osun State is part of .

    “There should be synergy and understanding between the government and the doctors on the need to save lives .

    “This administration is never found wanting in the area of workers’ welfare including the doctors,” Baderinwa said.

  • June 12: Osun declares Monday as public holiday

    June 12: Osun declares Monday as public holiday

    Osun Government has declared Monday as public holiday to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

    This is contained in a release signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa in Osogbo on Friday.

    “The public holiday is to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by the late business mogul, late Bashorun MKO Abiola, but was annulled by the General Ibrahim Babangida junta.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government of Osun under Gov. Rauf Aregbesola has been celebrating the day since 2011.

  • Osun rehabilitates 160 lunatics – Commissioner

    Osun rehabilitates 160 lunatics – Commissioner

    The Osun Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, said 160 lunatics have been rehabilitated by the state government, while over 5,000 accident victims were rescued through its health and welfare programmes since 2013.

    Baderinwa made this known to newsmen when he visited the NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Wednesday.

    He said the O’ Rehabilitation Programme of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola’s administration had succeeded in providing cure to 160 insane people who were integrated back into the society.

    The commissioner said the rehabilitation programme had also cleaned up streets, cities and towns across the state.

    He disclosed that over 5000 accident victims were rescued and evacuated through the Osun Ambulance Service, thereby saving lives of many road users.

    Baderinwa advised media practitioners in the state to embrace developmental journalism for the promotion of good governance, sustainable peace and development.

    He stressed the need to develop robust relationship between journalists and the state government in order to ensure free flow of information on government policies and programmes.