The government also congratulated the newly elected officers of the  labour union  led by Comrade Titilola Sodo as Chairman in an election which was  held yesterday at Adamasingba Stadium.

According to a statement issued by the State’s Information Commissioner, Mr. Toye Arulogun, the Oyo State Government lauded the union for a peaceful transition from one leadership to another on the same day Governor Abiola Ajimobi inaugurated a  first of its kind joint transition Committee to midwife the handing and taking over  the reins of government in the state.

Arulogun disclosed that the Government will be meeting labour on Monday to open up discussions on the modalities for implementing the new minimum wage as approved and signed by President Muhammad Buhari on April 18, 2019 for immediate implementation.

The commissioner commended the state chapter of the NLC for its cooperation with the government in the last eight years of the Abiola Ajimobi administration.

He said, “The Oyo State Government is impressed with the hitch free elections of the NLC and the peaceful leadership transition which is in tandem with the ideals of the Ajimobi administration on a day when the Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola  Ajimobi inaugurated the joint transition committee comprising of top government officials and the nominees of the Governor – Elect.”

“We commend the immediate past executive of the union led by Comrade Waheed Olojede for the cooperation and support given to the Governor Ajimobi administration. They appreciated government efforts in deploying 100% of the state’s Federal Allocation to pay workers’ salary which has helped in the regular payment of salaries despite the economic downturn in the country.

 “We urge the new leadership of the union to replicate same understanding with the in-coming governor and his team as governance is a continuum. More importantly, it is significant that the Ajimobi administration has offset the seven months salaries backlog of state workers and will endeavour to pay May Salary before this administration leaves on May 28, 2019,”

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 A Project Monitoring Group, Ajimobi Legacy Project Group, has appealed to former Governor Rashidi Ladoja and his party, Accord Party to submit the list of projects he dreamt passionately to actualize while in office to Governor Abiola Ajimobi to actualize.

The Group, in a statement issued  at the weekend, said that the statement credited to Ladoja’s Accord Party that the former governor initiated the Ibadan Circular Road project should be commended rather than being condemned. It cautioned however that the violence which the Ladoja administration was known for should not be part of the initiatives to be submitted.

The coordinator of the group, Lukman Babatunde, noted that the statement shows that former governor Ladoja was bereft of  the grace to actualize governmental ideas while at the helms of affairs, stressing that former governor Ladoja did not have a worthy legacy to leave except violence, stating that only actualizers were celebrated throughout the world and not dreamers.

The group stated that  the habit of Accord Party to always claim being initiators of iconic projects executed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi should not be surprising to the people, adding that the party’s leader also dreamt of constructing a flyover bridge at the Mokola area of Ibadan, which was later constructed by Ajimobi.

The group said: “We are not surprised with the statement credited to the Publicity Secretary of Accord Party on the Ibadan Circular Road. Only those who are not familiar with the habit of Accord Party members will give credence to their utterances.

“When the Mokola flyover was constructed, Governor Ladoja claimed to have dreamt of it. However, he could not construct or flag it off in his four years in office. We want to put in on record that this project was completed two years after Governor Ajimobi assumed office. We want to also put on record that the over N4bn former governor Ladoja is being tried for could have completed two flyovers but nothing was done.

“The party is going round again to say that Ladoja initiated the Ibadan Circular Project. We are not bothered about the initiator but very much concerned about the person who birthed it. The records are there and records do not lie. The records will show the initiator but nowhere in the world is a dreamer celebrated. We believe that Accord Party should have supported the projects going on in the state, rather than claiming undue glory.

“Throughout the world,  Government is a continuum, leaders follow up on policies, ideas or initiatives as there is no point sometimes in reinventing the wheel. An idea can be repackaged and carefully executed. We want to appeal to former Governor Ladoja and his Accord Party to submit all the initiatives he dreamt of while in office that will be beneficial to the people of the state for Ajimobi the actualiser to actualize.

 

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