The man in the eye of the storm, the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who has been struggling to pay worker salaries for more than 7 months turned motivational speaker in a bid to secure the understanding of the distressed workers.
On his twiiter handle, Aregbesola wrote in Yoruba, saying “Tí Eégún bá nléni, ká máa rọ́ju, nítorípé b’ó ti nrẹ ará ayé, bẹ́ẹ̀ ló nrẹ ará ọ̀run. Omolúàbí Osun o, akú ìrọ́jú o. O ku díẹ̀ báàyí.
Meaning,”Tough times don’t last, BUT a tough people do! Omolúàbí Osun will outlast & overcome soonest and we shall all laugh last,”
He added “It is a sad development. I am struggling to reduce the pain as much as possible and I am almost at the end of the efforts I am making to ensure that by the end of this month, I will have enough to atleast meet to a large extent the salary needs of the workers
No head of the family will be happy that he cannot feed members of the family. Extend that to state, it is heart-rending that I am in this quagmire”.
The workers in the state have been struggling to stay alive due to owed salaries. Religious bodies and individuals have been donating to the workers to ameliorate the plight.
