Osun State Is Sick And Can’t Afford To Pay The New Minimum Wage – Oluwo Of Iwoland

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Osun State Is Sick And Can’t Afford To Pay The New Minimum Wage – Oluwo Of Iwoland

Flamboyant Nigerian monarch, Oluwo of Iwoland, Rasheed Akanbi has
said the Osun State Government might be unable to sustain its current
wage bill let alone pay the new N30, 000 minimum wage unless it
overhauls the civil service.

The monarch who expressed concern about the new minimum wage bill
passed by the Senate, while many states were still struggling to pay
N18, 000 to the least paid workers, said the state civil service was
over-bloated and needed a complete overhaul.  

Oba Akanbi said, “Osun is sick. The governor, Oyetola, may not be
able to say this truth because he is a politician. But I am a royal
father. I should be good to tell the truth always. It will be tough for
the state to pay the new minimum wage, unless there is a complete
overhaul of the civil service.  

“The current wage bill of the state government cannot be sustained.
The civil service needs overhaul.  A situation whereby 26 drivers will
be attached to two vehicles must stop.”

As part of ways out of the situation, the royal father said
unproductive civil servants must be made productive by government and be
deployed where their skills would be useful. He added, “Also,
aggressive revenue generation through internally generated revenue,
especially from the informal sector, would be of help to government.”

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