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I Met Empty Treasury, Borrowed N7BN To Pay May Salaries – Dapo Abiodun

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June 25, 2019
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Governor Dapo Abiodun, the new Ogun state governor has disclosed that he met an empty treasury and had to borrow to pay the May salary for workers in Ogun state.

The governor who made this disclosure while speaking to leaders of the APC in Ogun state, said,“30th day of May was our first day in office. And on the 31st, it dawned on me that it was the end of the month and we need to pay salaries.”

“But here we are on our second day in office. I don’t even have an office; I don’t even know how to sign any document; I don’t even know what the protocols are. Suddenly, we realised it was 31st and I intend to keep my end of the tripartite agreement. So, I called the Head of Service; I told him we must pay salary.”

“But he said to me, ‘You are new in government and everybody understands that you just assumed office and we don’t have that expectation of you paying salaries now. They (workers) will understand. There is very little or no money. We can talk to them.”

“I told the Head of Service, whether they (the workers) were expectant or not, it was my promise to the people that salaries would be paid as and when due.”

“So, I picked my phone and called my friends who are MDs in different banks. I told them I needed to pay salaries and this is the little I have; almost nothing in the state account.

“I requested for a credit facility to allow me to pay over N7bn which is the state wage bill. That day, my intention was that maybe one or two will oblige me, but the five banks I called obliged me.”

The Governor however, said that rather than focusing on the past administration, he would instead work towards moving the state forward.

He said, ““We have by far too many things to do than to begin to be bogged down by what someone did or what he did not do or what he left behind.

“I cannot begin to describe in the open to you the Ogun State that we inherited. I cannot begin to describe it to you. I will not because I have made up my mind that publicly and privately, I will not discuss anything about the past administration.”

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