Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the payment of April and May 2017 salaries for workers in the state from the refunded second tranche Paris Club Fund and June monthly allocation from the Federal Government.
The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, who disclosed this on Thursday, explained that about 72 percent of the N7.9bn Paris Club fund was committed to the salaries and salary-related payment, at both the state and local government levels, to abate the irregularities in the payment of council workers.
Arulogun said that despite President Muhammad Buhari’s directive that at least 50 percent of the Paris Club refunds should be committed to the payment of the salaries of workers in the states, Governor Ajimobi has always displayed his humanitarian and welfarist disposition and…
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