During a prayer service held at the state secretariat complex in Akure on Tuesday, to commit the public service and the year into the hands of God, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has assured of his resolve to improve the value and dignity of the civil service for a better future.
He used the occasion to announce that all arrears being owed workers in the state service, particularly the outstanding salary in 2017, would be paid in due course and also said the civil service would be repositioned for accountability, while the state would be opened up for more investment.
While speaking, the governor equally touched on the 2024 governorship election, urging workers in public service to refrain from partisan politics and politics of bitterness.
He said:
“The year 2024 promises to be prosperous in all facets of our lives particularly, in our quest as an administration to improve value and dignity of the service.
“We are clear in our vision of a better tomorrow which the people of Ondo State will be proud of, irrespective of religious and political affiliations.
“I have conviction that the new year will be an eventful year. I can say that giving the judicious implementation of our year 2024 budget, it will bring some succour admist the economic challenges facing the people.
“No administration can fly higher than the delivery capacity and ability of its bureaucracy.
“It is also true that working in one accord with the bureaucracy, the political authorities can surmount most of the hurdles in its way to meeting with developmental programmes, policies and projects.
“Therefore my dear workers, I am pleased to hear your good testimonies of payment of salaries, prompt promotion, payment of inherited salaries in arears, training and retraining, provision of working tools and enabling environment for the service to thrive among others.
“I also want to assure you that the fraction of the outstanding salary left will be cleared soon,” he concluded.
