Makinde : No worker would earn less than 30 thousand min wage in oyo state
Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:19:am National
966 By Afam Jude Offor
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that no staff in the State's workforce would earn below the N30,000 national minimum wage. He stated that once the Committee set up by his government to look into the modalities for the implementation of the wage completes its assignment, the Government will stand side by side with the workers to implement the decision. The Governor noted that he was looking forward to a decision that would be agreeable to the civil servants as well as affordable and sustainable for the State government.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Governor Makinde made the declarations during the annual inter-religious service to usher in the 2020 working year, held at the Car Park of the Governor’s Office. Addressing the issue of the N30,000 minimum wage, Governor Makinde assured the civil service of his Government’s resolve to stand side by side with them to arrive at a point that would be agreeable to the workers as well as affordable and sustainable for the State.
“On the new minimum wage, the committee has been set up, they are working and moving towards alignment but I promise you that this administration and the workers of Oyo State are on the same page on this ongoing negotiation. And when it is concluded, I give you the assurance that we shall stand side-by-side to announce to the whole world what we have agreed. “Whatever we will agree upon is going to be in the interest of the workers and our state. First, our collective decision will be agreeable to everybody. Second, it will be affordable. Third, it will be sustainable. "Before this administration came into place on May 29, they were paying percentages as subvention to the higher institutions. Just a month before the previous administration left, they moved it to 100 per cent and we have been paying it since we came in. "I know that they do have agreement in some states and will still breach the agreement. But, here, once we sign that agreement, we will pay it.
We won't pay in percentages and I want to also state categorically that no worker in Oyo State will earn below the national minimum wage," Makinde said. He noted that government and the civil servants would be reasonable in the negotiation, saying they were heading in the same direction of delivering good governance and development to the state. The Governor also urged every resident of the State to join hands, put political affiliation and tribal sentiments aside to keep making Oyo State greater. At the event, the Head of Service, Ololade Agboola, maintained that 2019 was filled with challenges but that God had counted those in attendance at the event worthy to see a New Year. Agboola, who welcomed political office holders and workers to the service, maintained that it was in 2019 that God blessed Oyo State with a Governor like Makinde, whom she described as "god-sent" to the civil servants.
According to the Head of Service, the Governor has shown what leadership entailed -- selflessness -- even as she appreciated the Makinde for demonstrating commitment to workers’ welfare and the repositioning of the civil/public service in the State. She cited the payment of salaries as and when due since the administration took office, noting that the general public in the State had been sharing in happiness engendered by that act. Agboola also commended the Governor for giving the approval for the reinstatement of some officers in the civil/public service who were unjustly dismissed by the last administration; approval for Productivity/Merit Award to recognize the hard work of civil servants and the approval of N15 million for the renovation of offices in each of the ministries in the Secretariat Complex, among other areas. She, therefore, charged civil servants to rise to the occasion by contributing their best quota towards developing the State, calling on them to give room for innovative ideas and a new way of doing things in the New Year.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Governor Makinde made the declarations during the annual inter-religious service to usher in the 2020 working year, held at the Car Park of the Governor’s Office. Addressing the issue of the N30,000 minimum wage, Governor Makinde assured the civil service of his Government’s resolve to stand side by side with them to arrive at a point that would be agreeable to the workers as well as affordable and sustainable for the State.
“On the new minimum wage, the committee has been set up, they are working and moving towards alignment but I promise you that this administration and the workers of Oyo State are on the same page on this ongoing negotiation. And when it is concluded, I give you the assurance that we shall stand side-by-side to announce to the whole world what we have agreed. “Whatever we will agree upon is going to be in the interest of the workers and our state. First, our collective decision will be agreeable to everybody. Second, it will be affordable. Third, it will be sustainable. "Before this administration came into place on May 29, they were paying percentages as subvention to the higher institutions. Just a month before the previous administration left, they moved it to 100 per cent and we have been paying it since we came in. "I know that they do have agreement in some states and will still breach the agreement. But, here, once we sign that agreement, we will pay it.
We won't pay in percentages and I want to also state categorically that no worker in Oyo State will earn below the national minimum wage," Makinde said. He noted that government and the civil servants would be reasonable in the negotiation, saying they were heading in the same direction of delivering good governance and development to the state. The Governor also urged every resident of the State to join hands, put political affiliation and tribal sentiments aside to keep making Oyo State greater. At the event, the Head of Service, Ololade Agboola, maintained that 2019 was filled with challenges but that God had counted those in attendance at the event worthy to see a New Year. Agboola, who welcomed political office holders and workers to the service, maintained that it was in 2019 that God blessed Oyo State with a Governor like Makinde, whom she described as "god-sent" to the civil servants.
According to the Head of Service, the Governor has shown what leadership entailed -- selflessness -- even as she appreciated the Makinde for demonstrating commitment to workers’ welfare and the repositioning of the civil/public service in the State. She cited the payment of salaries as and when due since the administration took office, noting that the general public in the State had been sharing in happiness engendered by that act. Agboola also commended the Governor for giving the approval for the reinstatement of some officers in the civil/public service who were unjustly dismissed by the last administration; approval for Productivity/Merit Award to recognize the hard work of civil servants and the approval of N15 million for the renovation of offices in each of the ministries in the Secretariat Complex, among other areas. She, therefore, charged civil servants to rise to the occasion by contributing their best quota towards developing the State, calling on them to give room for innovative ideas and a new way of doing things in the New Year.
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