*Adds: Reason Oyetola ‘is owing salaries’
Osun Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to block money taken out of the State to Lagos.
Adeleke who disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, claimed the reason the state government is owing salaries and cannot pay pensioners is as a result of this.
“I said it before that paying salary is not an achievement; if people work, you must pay them.
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“What you bring to the table to improve the economy, the IGR is what you can call achievements.
“When I was debating with Governor Oyetola, the outgoing governor, I said paying salary is not an achievement; have you improved the economy?
“What I will do is that I will work with pensioners, retirees; sit together with them and have a meeting. Okay this is the money they are owing you and everything.
“Why they cannot pay you is that a lot of our money is going outside; what I mean is that a lot of our money is taken to Lagos or somewhere. So I will block those leakages,” he said.