The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has rejected the justification offered by the state’s governor, Ademola Adeleke, for the failure to pay public employees in the state their March salary on time.
According to a statement released on Saturday by Olawale Rasheed, the state governor’s spokesperson, the delay was caused by the ongoing computation of promotion arrears for civil officials elevated without pay in the previous four years.
But, Tajudeen Lawal, the acting chairman of the Osun APC, claimed in a statement on Saturday that the justification for the delay was really tenuous and unacceptable.
Lawal maintained that the governor made up the excuse to deceive the people, stressing that when Adeleke was campaigning, he promised to pay state workers their salaries latest on the 26th of each month.
“It would be recalled that Adeleke promised heaven and earth during the governorship campaign that he would never exceed the 26th of the month before he pays the workers,” Lawal noted.
