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  • Osun residents charged to see governance as joint responsibility

    The residents of Osun State have been advised to see business of governance as a joint responsibility for which they must be active participants.

    Addressing a press briefing in Osogbo, the Supervisor in charge of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, therefore, called for the support of the people to make the Gboyega Oyetola administration succeed.

    The immediate past Commissioner for Finance, who is also the Supervisor for Commerce, Cooperatives and Industries, submitted that for government to succeed, the people must contribute their quota by paying their taxes and other levies promptly for the government to be able to provide social amenities and build infrastructure.

    He stressed the need for residents to join hands with the government to move the state forward.

    According to him: “All over the world, no government can succeed without the input and contribution of the governed either through payment of taxes and levies or through the maintenance of public works.

    “The administration of Mr. Oyetola is ready to look inwards and raise funds which will in turn be used to better the lives of the masses in the state. The time has passed that state government will be looking up to the federal government for funds through the federal allocation which is already is dwindling.

    “The Oyetola administration is determined to make life better for the people of the state and it is eager to build on the achievements of the past eight years. I want to sincerely appeal to residents of Osun and indigenes, both home and abroad, to see the task of moving the state forward as  onerous which all and sundry must join hands with government to achieve.

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    “The present administration in Osun is eager to put smiles on the faces of the people through masses oriented programmes and policies but this can be only achieved if the people play their roles. it is time that we began to see business of governance as a joint responsibility. If you don’t have any means of paying your tax or other levies you can assist government in the maintenance of public works.

    “Mr. Gboyega Oyetola is another kind hearted individual with a sincere heart to continue from where the immediate past administration stopped. The policy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to put smiles on the faces of the people and so we have no choice than to continue to drive the growth and development of our dear state.

    “Osun is already on a pedestal of greatness and we shall get there but with the support of the people. Our state is ranked among the best in the country. With the support of our people, the task ahead will easy for us to achieve.”

     

  • Osun residents charged to see governance as joint responsibility

    The residents of Osun State have been advised to see business of governance as a joint responsibility for which they must be active participants.

    Addressing a press briefing in Osogbo, the Supervisor in charge of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, therefore, called for the support of the people to make the Gboyega Oyetola administration succeed.

    The immediate past Commissioner for Finance, who is also the Supervisor for Commerce, Cooperatives and Industries, submitted that for government to succeed, the people must contribute their quota by paying their taxes and other levies promptly for the government to be able to provide social amenities and build infrastructure.

    He stressed the need for residents to join hands with the government to move the state forward.

    Read Also: Osun tribunal: Oyetola to open defence January 30

    According to him: “All over the world, no government can succeed without the input and contribution of the governed either through payment of taxes and levies or through the maintenance of public works.

    “The administration of Mr. Oyetola is ready to look inwards and raise funds which will, in turn, be used to better the lives of the masses in the state. The time has passed that state government will be looking up to the federal government for funds through the federal allocation which is already is dwindling.

    “The Oyetola administration is determined to make life better for the people of the state and it is eager to build on the achievements of the past eight years. I want to sincerely appeal to residents of Osun and indigenes, both home and abroad, to see the task of moving the state forward as onerous which all and sundry must join hands with government to achieve.

    “The present administration in Osun is eager to put smiles on the faces of the people through masses oriented programmes and policies but this can be only achieved if the people play their roles. it is time that we began to see business of governance as a joint responsibility. If you don’t have any means of paying your tax or other levies you can assist government in the maintenance of public works.

    “Mr. Gboyega Oyetola is another kind-hearted individual with a sincere heart to continue from where the immediate past administration stopped. The policy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to put smiles on the faces of the people and so we have no choice than to continue to drive the growth and development of our dear state.

    “Osun is already on a pedestal of greatness and we shall get there but with the support of the people. Our state is ranked among the best in the country. With the support of our people, the task ahead will easy for us to achieve.“

  • PDP kicks as Osun commences payment of salary arrears

    The Osun State Government on Tuesday  said it has commenced payment of full salary and arrears in line with available resources.

    The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, in a statement, said the development was in line with the government’s agenda and fulfillment of its promise to prioritize workers welfare.

    The Oyebamiji said the decision was taken at the meeting of the Fund Apportionment Committee led by Comrade Hassan Sumonu with labour leaders and government representatives in attendance.

    The commissioner explained that Governor Rauf Aregbesola directed payment of four months salary arrears and 2016 leave bonus to workers.

    He added that the governor has equally directed regular payment of salaries henceforth.

    “With this, Government of the State of Osun has commenced gradual disbursement of Nineteen Billion, Eight Hundred and One Million, Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-One Naira, Twenty-Two Kobo (19,801,328,271.22) as salaries and other entitlements to its workers.” The statement read in part.

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    Oyebamiji commended labour unions and their allies for supporting the government and for believing in its capacity to honour its promises.

    It pledged to always put workers’ welfare above other considerations as the government enters its final phase.

    But the chairman of the state’s chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Soji Adagunodo, has urged civil servants in the state not to be deceived by the approval of money to offset part of the salary arrears being owed by the Aregbesola administration.

    Adagunodo said the panicky measure by the governor only goes to confirm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party of deceit which takes joy in inflicting pains on the poor to make them them exploitable during election seasons.

    Adagunodo, in a statement, said: “The PDP wondered why the accumulated salary and allowances of workers which is being hurriedly paid was warehoused in dubious accounts without being paid for several months…

    “We find it very distasteful that a government would be this inhuman to deny poor citizens of their legitimate earnings for close to three years and now turn around to pay part of the arrears in a manner suggesting it was doing them a favour.”

    While calling on Osun state workers and pensioners to remain resolute in their determination for a better deal with the PDP, Adagunodo said the party and its candidate, Sen. Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, will not fail to redress all the alleged wrongs committed against workers in the last eight years.

  • ‘Only Allah can install Aregbesola successor’

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State and Commissioner for Finance, Hon. Bola Oyebamiji, has advised aspirants of the APC in September 22 gubernatorial election in the state to work together and shun any activities capable of causing crisis within the party.

    Addressing Muslim faithfuls at a lecture organized by a sociopolitical organization, Team Support Group of Bola Oyebamiji at Ansarudeen Secondary school playground in Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of the state, he said only Allah could install the person to succeed Governor Rauf Aregebsola.

    Oyebamiji said the only way to sustain the good legacy of Aregbesola was for the aspirants under the banner of the APC to embrace one and other so as to be able to defeat the opposition parties.

    He said: “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to all the aspirants contesting for the coming gubernatorial election on the platform of the APC to please abide by the rules and guidelines of the party. We should eschew hate speeches and activities capable of truncating the peaceful coexistence among the party members.

    “Aregbesola has transformed the state within the space of seven and half years. He has performed excellently. He achieved and he is still achieving what no past governor had achieved in the history of this state. So, the only way to appreciate this is to allow the candidate who understand him and ready to build on his legacies succeed him.

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    “Please let us play responsible politics.Let us work together and show ourselves as worthy ambassadors of the party who the masses, especially our supporters, can look up to. There will be only one victor in the party primary. The game is not one in which the winner takes all. So, if you are not the victor in that exercise, there are abundant possibilities left to compensate everybody.”

    Oyebamiji enjoined the aspirants not to conduct themselves in a way that will embarrass the party or pose danger to the survival of the party in the state.

    The Ikire born politician demanded the aspirants’ cooperation, saying they should support whosoever emerges the party’s candidate at the end of the primary.

    He urged them to work in unity for the realisation of the ambition of the party to produce the next governor so as to continue where Aregbesola would stop, calling on aspirants to follow the path of peace and ensure that the party wins the next election.

    In his lecture, the Chief Imam Gbigba Adura Mosque, Ogijo Lagos, Alhaji Imam Muzif Olajide Akintaro, charged the Muslims faithful to get involved in the political process toward contributing to the nation building.

    Imam Akintaro commended Governor Aregbesola for giving Osun an esthetic look, saying Aregbesola has set a pace which others should build on.

    Earlier, the chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Ganiyu Oyeladun, appreciated the Muslims faithful who deemed it necessary to attend the programme.