CSOs oppose bill seeking pay rise for Osun public officers

 

A coalition of civil society groups based in Osun State, The Osun Masterminds, on Monday, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of indiscriminate appointment of aides.

The coalition also warned the governor against giving assent to a recently passed bill, proposing an increase in salary for public officeholders in the state.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Executive Director of the group, Prof Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, said he was disappointed with the large retinue of governor’s aides.

He said the fact that the state House of Assembly would still consider increasing the salaries of political officeholders, especially when the revenue available to the government was insufficient, was regrettable.

Oyedokun-Alli, who advised Adeleke not to sign the bill passed by the Assembly, also raised concerns over the quality of the job being done by the contractor handling the Oke Fia flyover.

He called on the state government to intensify monitoring of the flyover project, to ensure that the contractor not only delivered quality but also conformed to global engineering standards of quality and safety.

“We recently read in the news that the House of Assembly had passed a bill to increase the emoluments of political office holders in the state. This is grossly insensitive and illogical.