Governor
Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has cried out over a situation where 90 percent of the
N5b monthly allocations of the state is being expended on salaries, pension and
worker’s allowances.
Akeredolu noted that it would be difficult to
meet other obligations such as employment of more primary school teachers,
construction of roads, classrooms and other infrastructural projects.
The
governor revealed this at Owode Obaile in Akure North local government area of
the state during the inauguration of NULGE Ultra-modern Resort constructed by
the Ondo State leadership of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees.
He said,
“we earn about N5b every month, N4b goes for salaries and allowances, how do we
address the problems of shortage of teachers in primary schools, how do we
build classrooms, how do we provide transformers for communities without light,
majority want their roads constructed. The current state of affairs is
depressing.
“It is a
tragic irony that some people now refer to our state as a civil service enclave
where governance has been reduced, virtually, to payment of salaries,
allowances, grants and subventions”.
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