The Nigerian Medical Association and the Council of Academic Staff Unions
of Osun State-owned Tertiary Institutions have called on Governor Rauf
Aregbesola to pay the arrears of their half salaries with the Paris Club
loan refund.
The state has been paying some categories of its workforce half salaries since July 2015.
The Secretary of CASUOSTI, Mr. Olusegun Lana, said the balance of the 21-month salaries should be paid with the refund.
He spoke in an
interview in Osogbo on Saturday while the NMA made the same appeal in a
statement issued on Friday and signed by its chairman, Dr. Tokunbo
Olajumoke, and Secretary General, Dr. Olalekan Ajayi.
Lana said,
“With the huge funds being awaited, we appeal to our amiable governor,
Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, to please prioritise the full and total
payment of all our outstanding entitlements, including the 20-month half
salaries, leave bonuses, financial effect of migration of lower cadres
and 2014 promotions, pension deductions and contributions, as well as
retirement benefit bonds.
“The
non-payment of these entitlements has exerted untold hardships and
financial embarrassment on us. Many who are sick can barely cater for
themselves and this has led to untimely deaths of some of our
colleagues. We have endured the famine; it is time for our governor to
reward our patience, loyalty and patriotism.”
The
doctors said their members were not part of the decision to pay workers
modulated salaries, while reminding the government that it promised to
pay arrears the moment its finances improved.
Similarly, the NMA urged the state government to pay attention to welfare of workers rather than on projects.
The NMA
statement said, “With the rate of work on federal and state capital
projects in the state, it is obvious that the finance of the state has
significantly improved. The government of the day has been economical
with the truth with regards to its total income and the fraction of its
income that is being deployed towards the payment of salaries and other
emoluments.
“How much of
the first tranche of Paris Club loan refund was actually used to pay
salaries? We completely reject the suggestion that the hard-earned
salaries of our noble members will be diverted towards infrastructural
development.”
The doctors
also called on the governor to pay attention to the state’s health
facilities in order to improve service delivery to the people.
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