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Oyo State political office holders to get 50% reduction in salary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things appears to nolonger be at easy in Oyo State, as Government announced a 50 percent reduction in the salaries of political office holders, their compensation, approval limits and government\u2019s spending with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Olalekan Alli, disclosed this at a news conference held in Ibadan on Monday.<\/p>\n

Alli said that the decision was taken at the State Executive Council meeting held on Friday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n

He said that it was a measure to shore up the dwindling revenue base of the state.<\/p>\n

The SSG said that the state had been spending its monthly allocation from the federation account on payment of workers\u2019 salary, which he said, stood at N5.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Alli said that government had not reneged on its subsisting agreement with the labour unions to pay them 100 per cent of the monthly federal allocation to the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resources of government in the state dwindled as a result of the economic downturn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn July, the state\u2019s monthly allocation was N4 billion, N3.8 billion in Aug., N3.5 billion in Sept. and N2.8 billion in Oct.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering the dwindling allocation, the best is for state governments to look inward.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is why we are slashing the salaries of all political office holders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state was still between N1 billion to N1.5 billion.<\/p>\n

Alli said that the state government had employed the restructuring and verification exercise in the state as a means of blocking the several loopholes that allowed for waste of resources.<\/p>\n

He said that the ongoing Biometric Verification Number (BVN) exercise in the state had revealed some ghost workers drawing multiple salaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have discovered 500 people who did not come for the verification exercise to unravel their true identity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alli said that the state agriculture initiative continued with a target of two million in terms of job and food security.<\/p>\n

He said that work had reached advance stage on the 10, 000 metric tons silos being constructed in the three senatorial districts of the state.<\/p>\n

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