2013, Year of reward for Oyo workers - Ajimobi

2013, Year of reward for Oyo workers - Ajimobi

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Monday assured workers in the state of his administration’s readiness to give them handsome rewards and add values to their lives this year for their commitment and dedication to work.

He gave this assurance while addressing civil and public servants at an inter-religious prayer session organized to usher in Year 2013 at the Governor’s Office Car Park, Secretariat, Ibadan.

The governor noted that he had, since assumption of office, subjected the workers to series of challenges and created some stormy sessions, all aimed at getting the best out of time and making them more service-oriented.

``For you to have been able to withstand the pressure that we have brought to bear on you; for you to have survived our close-marking approach, shocking treatment and the pyramid of checks and balances, be assured that this year will be a year of reward for you.

``We have demanded a lot from you and you have given us; and for those of you who have survived the tsunami of change which was aimed at instilling discipline in the system and make the civil service service-oriented, you will be adequately compensated,’’ he told the civil servants who thronged the venue of the programme.

While giving glory to God for being with his administration, the civil servants and the entire people of the state, Governor Ajimobi said but for God, his efforts at transforming and repositioning the state would have paled into insignificance.

He stressed the need for the workers to be Godly and to re-dedicate themselves this year, pledging that his administration’s package for them for 2013 would be among the best in the South-West zone.

The governor also promised that his administration would build housing estates and arrange for mortgage for the workers to enable them own the houses without any stress.

He urged religious leaders in the state to continue to pray for his administration so that it could deliver on its promises and take the state to greater heights.

The Head of Service, Alhaji Tajudeen Aremu had earlier in his welcome address urged civil servants to key into the blueprint of the government for the successful implementation of the laudable programmes of the Ajimobi administration.

In their separate sermons, Rev. Francis Omolade and Prof. D. O. S. Noibi admonished the civil servants on the need for them to discharge their duties with the fear of God and shun corrupt tendencies which they said had virtually become a cankerworm, eating up the system.

Prof. Noibi, in particular, acknowledged the various accomplishments which had been recorded by the Ajimobi administration and commended it for running a government with human face.