By Iyabo Adebisi
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the payment of 13-month salary to the state workers for the seventh year running.
The governor has also approved the payment of outstanding salaries and minimum wage arrears to staff of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
The governor stated this while inaugurating the Governing Board of the Teaching Hospital at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
He gave an assurance to resolve the issue of LAUTECH lecturers embarking on strike soon.
Governor Makinde equally tasked the newly inaugurated Governing Board to revamp the Oyo Annex of the Teaching Hospital within 12 months, promising that the state government would give necessary support to the board to make the facility operational.
“You have been selected or nominated based on merit. The Chairman of the Governing Board, Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, is an accomplished individual. He has been everywhere, and a lot of people, associations and organisations are looking for him. So thank you, Prof, for agreeing to serve your state.
“Prof has developed a roadmap, and he has asked me when can we sit down and agree on this so that he can start implementation.
“Also, I have been trying to see Prof. Ayodeji Omole, Chairman of LAUTECH Governing Council, for a while now because I have been reading about the lecturers either going on strike or not going on strike. I haven’t really taken a deeper dive into what is going on in there. So, I hope in the next one or two days we will be able to see what is going on.
“When I came to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, I made a promise about the issues around the minimum wage arrears, and all of that. And a lot of your people have been asking ‘what’s the situation because we haven’t received the alert?’ Let me explain. I made that pronouncement and I expected it to be implemented, but they came back and said, ‘Well, we have to follow due process.’ I am happy to report that just this morning, I signed the salary file for the December salary and the 13th month salary. All those arrears were included.
“So they should rest assured. I can also announce here that just like we did last year, and just like we have been doing since 2019, there will be 13th month salaries as well.”
Speaking on behalf of the Governing Board, the Chairman, Professor Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve and assured of the board’s readiness to complement government efforts with policies that would transform the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital to a world-class facility.
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