By BUNMI AJAYI

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved the payment of December 2014 salary for workers in the state.

The chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr Jacob Adekomi, confirmed this on Tuesday at a press conference after a meeting with a government delegation led by the Chief of Staff , Mr Gboyega Oyetola.  

Adekomi said that the governor had also approved the payment of the 30 per cent balance of November salaries of some workers who were yet to be paid in full.

He, however, hinted  that the civil servants would not suspend their ongoing strike despite the payment of one out of seven months’ salaries owed them.

According to Adekomi, most workers will not have anything left to feed their families let alone transport themselves to their places of work because of this, he said, the strike would continue.

 Head of Service Sunday Owoeye also confirmed that workers had started receiving alerts for balance of November and December 2014 salaries.

Owoeye said this in response to an inquiry earlier sent to him by CEOAfrica correspondent through a text message.

The text reads: “They are already receiving alerts for balance of November, and part of  December 2014. A journey of 1000km starts with one step. The man who removes a mountain starts by carrying stones away.”

But Adekomi explained that most workers would not get anything from the one month salary paid because their banks would use the meagre money for loan repayment and interest.