Aregbesola tackles NLC over workers’ salaries

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has disagreed with the national body of the Nigeria Labour Congress over allegations that the state owes its workers three months’ salaries.

Aregbesola said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo, the state capital, on Friday by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon.

He said his state was not owing up to three months’ salaries as contained in the allegation by the NLC, saying it would be wrong for the labour union to accuse his government of being among states owing “between three to eight months salaries” since he had paid workers’ salaries up to October.

The governor said that despite the drop in the allocation to the state from N4.6bn to N1.1bn, his administration had recorded a lot of achievements and was still workers’ friendly.

He said his government deserved kudos for the creative way it had been managing the economy without collapse despite the sharp drop in allocation to the state from the Federation Account.

According to him, the leadership of the labour unions in the state, for that reason, has been collaborating with the government on how to shore up its revenue base.

He said, “Nigeria Labour Congress should allow its state council from Osun provide it with reliable and verifiable information about the government/workers relationship to avoid falling into the error of generalising its alleged anti-workers’ posture by some states.

“The national office of the NLC should have made efforts to get the accurate information on the state of affairs between the workers and the state government. It would not have listed Osun among states which must be served ultimatum over unpaid salaries if it had done so.

“We find it curious that at a time that the state council of the NLC, which is the umbrella body of many of the trade unions, has initiated a move to partner with the state of Osun on how to sustain the state as a result of falling allocation from the Federation Account, the national office is singing discordant tunes by erroneously listing the state among states with ‘anti-workers’ postures.”

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