Oyo State Government to use 60 per cent of the N7.9billion Paris Club refund to pay workers’ salaries

  

    Oyo State Government says that 60 per cent of the N7.9billion Paris Club refund which the state recently got from the Federal Government would be used to pay workers’ salaries, other wages and pension of retirees.

   The state’s Commissioner for Finance and Budget, Abimbola Adekanmbi, who made this known in an interview with newsmen explained that about 80 per cent of the state’s debt profile of N115billion was made up of salaries, gratuities, pensions and wages owed workers and pensioners.

   He said the amount also included gratuities and pensions owed by the state before the administration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi.