Osun inaugurates c’ttee on revenue allocation

Aregbesola exchanging pleasantry with Summonu 

Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola has inaugurated a committee to help manage the revenue accruing to the state from the Federation Account and other internally generated revenue.

Governor Aregbesola appointed a veteran Labour leader and one time Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Unions (OATU), Comrade Hassan Sunmonu as chairman of the committee.

The committee is also saddled with the responsibility of assisting the state government in the allocation of state’s revenue to ensure prompt payment of salaries as well as adequate running of government.

Speaking during the inauguration at the Governor's Office, Aregbesola stated that the Committee will apportion all funds accruing ‎to the State Government to take care of salaries, pensions and other critical expenditure of government.

The 17-man committee comprised of representatives of the government and the workers. The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Comrade Jacob Adekomi, Chairman, Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) Comrade Bayo Adejumo, Osun’s Nigerian Union Teachers Chairman, Comrade Wakeel Amuda, Comrade Rufus Adeyemi, Comrade Mrs. Oluwatoyin Idowu, Comrade Gbenga Oyebode and Comrade Akeem Ibrahim are among the members of the committee.

O‎thers are; Chief of staff to the Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, former Group Managing Director of Oodua Investment, Mr. Bayo Jimoh, former Commissioner for Information, Mr. Sunday Akere, Managing Director, Osun Investment Company, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Finance, Local Government and Chieftaincy titles and that of Human Resources and Capacity Building.