The Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chief (Mrs) Bamidele Ademola-Olateju has disclosed that the State government has paid salaries backlog it inherited from the past the remaining will be cleared on or before January.
The Commissioner stated this on Sunday while representing the Governor who was the Chief Host at the Oil Africa Leadership Awards and Launching of Oil Africa Magazine International, held in Akure, the state capital.
She explained that arrangements have been concluded for the payment of outstanding two months salaries. She described the government of the State under the leadership of the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the administration of construction, reconstruction, innovation and redemption.
She explained that, the governor has spent the oil revenue and 13 percent oil derivation, accrued to the state, judiciously.
“All the infrastructural development you are seeing today, the roads, the hospitals under construction, are from this money.”
“Ondo state got 19.4 billion and not 90 billion naira. I would like to put it on record that our Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, did not owe any salary. He met backlog of salary which he had paid and all these were from the derivation paid to the state.” She stated.
The commissioner also revealed that the fund was not spent secretly as it was properly appropriated in the state budget. “Every Kobo of that money got was appropriated. He (the Governor) went back to the House of Assembly and appropriated everything into our budget. Anyone interested to verify this can use the instrument of information to find out,” she revealed.
On environmental issues, Chief Mrs Ademola-Olateju also stressed that the present administration takes the issue of environmental degradation seriously. She said productive steps are being taken to address the issue of Sea incursion in Ayetoro community in the southern part of the state.
She said it is on record that the country has been producing about 16 million barrel per day since five years ago, shortfall due to oil theft, reducing income therefrom stating that Ondo State has been spending its share prudently.
