Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo
Abiodun has assured workers in the state that their salaries would be paid
before the end of every month, irrespective of delay in federal government
allocation.
The governor gave this assurance
while addressing workers at the arcade ground in the state secretariat, Oke
Mosan, Abeokuta.
“It gladdens my heart to be in
your midst this morning. I consider serving this state as a rare honour and may
the Lord that started this journey allow it to end in praises. I want to assure
you that you are central to our vision because the topmost of our vision is
good governance and we can’t achieve it without prompt payment of salaries and
other benefits you deserve. You can’t talk about qualitative service and
creation of enabling environment when you are owing salaries.
”Investors will not even come if
we are owing salaries hence, your salaries will be paid as and when due. I have
made up my mind to pay your salaries before the end of the month whether
allocation from Abuja comes or not,” Governor Abiodun told the workers.
The governor who was accompanied
by his deputy, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele charged the civil servants to be
committed to their jobs, with a promise to expose them to continuous training
in order to ensure efficiency and effective performance. He described them as
the engine room of his administration.
Again, the governor reiterated
his plans and programmes to the state workers and urged them to be patient with
him by giving utmost support to his administration.
He said, “Ogun will not be a
banana republic because we won’t tolerate indiscipline. During my first working
day in office, I met with the Security chiefs of the State to discuss
extensively the security matters. It will interest you to know that such meeting
has not occurred in the last two years. In the cause of our campaign, we
observed that the major disconnect between the government and the governed is
the poor rural and township roads infrastructure.
”Therefore, we are resuscitating
the Public Works Department to allow us use the in-house men to do the
construction of roads and we would train them to meet the global standards.
”The PWD will have six yards
across the state i.e Abeokuta, ifo, sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ota and ilaro to ensure
their wide coverage and optimum performance. Other major roads like
Lagos-sagamu, Lagos-Ijebu Ode and Agbara-Atan will be constructed using
public-private partnership arrangement.”
The governor emphasised his plan
to have an education master plan to address the current challenges in the
education sector, build a befitting primary health centre in each of the 236
wards and one specialist hospital in each of the three senatorial districts of
the State.
He assured the gathering that his
administration will harness the agricultural potentials of the State and
predicted that the State would soon be feeding other States with its
agricultural produce.
He called for patience, support
and understanding towards achieving his programmes. He promised to always
engage the workers on a regular basis.
Earlier, the Head of Service,
Engr Lanre Bisiriyu appreciated the governor for the interaction with the
workforce with an assurance that a new chapter had opened in the state.
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