The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, said on Tuesday that his administration had performed creditably well despite its inability to pay its workers in the state for the past seven months.

According to a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, governor scored himself high. He spoke during a courtesy visit to him by the Osun Action Strategy and Development Group.

He, however, said he was pained by the inability of his government to pay workers but also sympathised with workers while assuring them that the hardship would soon come to an end.

The statement read, “Despite the financial shortage, even the most virulent critics of this government cannot deny that the administration has performed creditably well.

“This government built roads, schools, supplied students with Opon Imo (Tablets of Knowledge), distributed uniforms to all public students in the state, created welfare programmes for the old and vulnerable people as well as supporting farmers.

“No state has done what Osun did in the area of security, which today has totally checked crimes and other anti-social activities in the state. Huge amount of money was committed to purchasing armoured personnel carrier and ambulances which are strategically located in the state and responding to distress calls round the clock.

“If all the programmes, with huge cost involved, are factored into the accruable revenue of the state, it will be crystal clear why the state is where it is today.”

Describing the situation as an economic tragedy, he said the current misfortune of the nation’s economy remains a gross mishandling by the last administration of the Peoples Democratic Party.

He stated that the unchecked oil theft under the PDP, in which the nation was losing 400, 000 barrels per day, culminated in the drastic reduction of oil price in the international market.

“This price fall has created for the country a tragedy of huge proportion that translated into economic disaster, pains and agony for the workers across the country,” he said.

Aregbesola said the state collected N5bn as monthly allocation in February 2013 but the allocation drastically reduced to a mere N540m in April 2015.

He said further, “As we are trying to find solution to these challenges, we must not also run away from what brought us to this situation.

“For those who think this is an opportunity to pillory us in this economic condition, I pity them. Only God does not fail. We shall overcome; we shall recover from this challenge. I sympathise and feel for the workers. I appeal to them to bear with us as we work assiduously to end this problem. I assure them that the period of agony will soon be over.

“It is disheartening for people to work and such work fails to translate into wages. It is a harrowing experience for both workers and the government.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/my-administration-has-performed-well-says-aregbesola/

Blowing his trumpet....



Osun NLs living in Osun, is he speaking the truth?

indeed interesting

Story for Mami Water
But you're being paid fully bah??
Why cant you forfeit your Salary/Loot that can pay your workers for a month or so.......
Is the world's tallest drum built by this man?

I'll be Right back

When a governor perform well, it will b
clear for all to see, first let him improve d
IGR of d state and b able to pay workers
and d state debts that is when he will be
praise

DankemzI:
Story for Mami Water
But you're being paid fully bah??
Why cant you forfeit your Salary/Loot that can pay your workers for a month or so.......
Is the world's tallest drum built by this man?

Aregbe should keep quiet and bow his head in shame. Even if he built 1 million skyscrapers, won't people feed. It's a shame to see the calibre of people leading this country. How can you not get paid for over good half of the year. Na wa oooo...i fear dis man ooo...

Wetin b our own short man... Na we go judge u if u do well or not. ...
7F021ECA ADD UP

INTROVERT:
Blowing his trumpet....



Osun NLs living in Osun, is he speaking the truth?

I'm not from Osun state but as long as people remain unpaid for months, that is gross inefficiency and irresponsibility by this man...

He perfomed well by building the World's tallest drum and owing 7 months salary ...


Arindin.

Anytime i see this man or hear his name am like , he, his family & political associates are living large at the state's expense & the workers are being owed 7 months salary, some attempted suicide, churches are taking offerings to assist his dying workers and the wicked despot has guts to spew thrash publicly.

God will judge him.

I'm tempted to believe this man is a member of a certain occult. From what we see in nollywood and the stories we hear, most cults mandate their members to cause severe hardships and suffering on people. As the people suffer, so their wealth increases. They thrive on other's suffering. This governor is an evil man. he is some how benefitting from his people's hardship. Or how then can you explain owing your workers for 7 months. Not weeks. Months. Only prayers can take care of such people. Mass steady prayers. Heap curses on him. Mtchwwwwww. I wonder how long the affected people in the state will keep smiling and suffering.

Providing school uniform for all secondary school students in the state is the dumbest idea ever.

And that state is very dirty walahi

The man needs to have a good dictionary and check the meaning of performance.

Magician1503:
Providing school uniform for all secondary school students in the state is the dumbest idea ever.

And that state is very dirty walahi

Osun indigenes, why una vote dis clown sef

Jackeeh:
I'm tempted to believe this man is a member of a certain occult. From what we see in nollywood and the stories we hear, most cults mandate their members to cause severe hardships and suffering on people. As the people suffer, so their wealth increases. They thrive on other's suffering. This governor is an evil man. he is some how benefitting from his people's hardship. Or how then can you explain owing your workers for 7 months. Not weeks. Months. Only prayers can take care of such people. Mass steady prayers. Heap curses on him. Mtchwwwwww. I wonder how long the affected people in the state will keep smiling and suffering.

Guy take am easy, u too dey watch home video...no let nollywood dilute your thinking
By the way, dem suppose arrest dis man...imagine, seven months without pay...na wa ooo...

lolaxavier:


Guy take am easy, u too dey watch home video...no let nollywood dilute your thinking
By the way, dem suppose arrest dis man...imagine, seven months without pay...na wa ooo...

Ah dey vex.

Jackeeh:



Ah dey vex.

Guy just try relax, vex no too dey do anything anything for dis country ooo...just buy pure water or orijin, drink, relax and just dey observe...

This man is a pathological liar.

He built roads? Where? The uncompleted roads? For the touts in osun states who has been charmed by Aregbe's jax,he concentrated on construction because he awards the contracts to his own company or the companies he has share With..so the money comes back to him.


Opom Imo, really? Thesame Opom imo that he retrieves every year and gives to the incoming senior class? I bet you the ipad a 2010 ss3 used is what a 2014 ss3 student is using...

School uniforms? Omg...school uniforms that he awarded the contract to his deputy and his wife? So as to get back the money...school uniforms that almost all the students now wear mufti to school because their uniform is torn?


Aregbe should be in prison,but due to the fact that the people of Osun are blinded by his charm he will keep deceiving them.

Hate me if you want but APC is worst than PDP...PDP are thieves but APC steal from you and make you feel they are helping you by stealing from you.

Rauf is a criminal who should be smelling rod!!!!

This eediot of a man always looks for ways to blame the PDP and GEJ for his crass stupidity and non-performance

Infact you deserve an Oscar, eleriibu somebody.

This man should be impeached and jailed.

You think governing a state is all about collecting handouts from the FG and buying Opon Imo to share to the masses.

No economic blue print to generate revenue.

Rather he is busy jumping from the top of one bus to another.

stinggy:
Infact you deserve an Oscar, eleriibu somebody.

D tin don pain dis guy...

himkers:
This eediot of a man always looks for ways to blame the PDP and GEJ for his crass stupidity and non-performance

Very true...this man needs to be thoroughly scrutinized...highly insensitive governor...Agbaya...

Maxymilliano:
He perfomed well by building the World's tallest drum and owing 7 months salary ...


Arindin.

Osun people, una don enta 1 chance since 16BC...

Aregbe STFU & pay Osun workers their salaries, the roads your are bragging about & others infrastructures are nothing compare to what Ajimobi did in Oyo State, recently visited Ibadan, Oke Ogun & Ogbomosho have to doff my hat for Ajimobi, no wonder he broke the yolk & was reelected, Aregbe brace yourself up you can do better.