Rauf Aregbesola, former Governor
of Osun State now President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominee, has refuted
claims of not paying workers during his eight-year tenure as governor.
Aregbesola stressed that
allegations of him not paying workers during his tenure as governor were due to
mischief and ignorance.
He made the clarification during
his confirmation hearing on the floor of the Senate on Monday.
According to Aregbesola: “Rumours
of owed salaries in Osun during my tenure was due to mischief and ignorance.
“By 2014, our nation was in
distress, and virtually all states had difficulty with salaries.
“We came up with an approach that
there is no month that any public official did not have salary every month.”
The Senate had on Tuesday last
week commenced the screening of the ministerial nominees Buhari sent to them
for confirmation among whom was Aregbesola.
The nominees include: Chris
Ngige, Babatunde Fashola, Hadi Sirika, Rotimi Amaechi, Adamu Adamu, Mohammed
Adamu, and Lai Mohammed.
Others in the list are: Uche
Ogah, Emeka Nwajuiba, Sadiya Farouk, Musa Bello, Godswill Akpabio, Sharon
Ikeazor, Ogbonnaya Onu, Akpa Udo, and Adebayo (Ekiti), Timipre Sylva, Adamu
Adamu, Shewuye (Borno), Isa Pantami, Gbemi Saraki, Ramatu Tijani, Clement Abam.
Also listed as among the nominees
are: Paullen Tallen, Abubakar Aliyu, Sale Mamman, Abubakar Malami, Muhammed
Mamood, Mustapha Buba Jedi Agba, Olamilekan Adegbite, and Mohammed Dangyadi.
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