The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has appealed to the Federal Government to assist states, owing their workers to settle the salary arrears, PUNCH reports.
The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in the state, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, who sad this in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday, believed the Federal Government should help the states even if it had to arrange for fund from its external reserves.
The party said states appreciated the bailout given to them last year by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, but stressed that they needed another bailout from the Federal Government to save them from the salary crisis.
The statement read, “We are approaching an emergency on this crisis, because not only is the crisis spreading like wild fire across states, it is assuming a dimension that would seriously affect the economy of the country.
“To avoid an emergency that could create difficulties for the economy in the next decade, the Federal Government must address the problem now, even it means having recourse to our reserves.
The ruling party said the majority of the states needed bailout from the Federal Government because it had been impossible for them to use their internally generated revenues to pay their workers.
According to the APC, states are unlikely to be able to pay their workers in the next decade without major restructuring of the political and economic landscapes of the country.
It will be recalled that Osun State received N34.988bn bailout from the current administration of Buhari after the President assumed office in 2015.
The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in the state, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, who sad this in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday, believed the Federal Government should help the states even if it had to arrange for fund from its external reserves.
The party said states appreciated the bailout given to them last year by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, but stressed that they needed another bailout from the Federal Government to save them from the salary crisis.
The statement read, “We are approaching an emergency on this crisis, because not only is the crisis spreading like wild fire across states, it is assuming a dimension that would seriously affect the economy of the country.
“To avoid an emergency that could create difficulties for the economy in the next decade, the Federal Government must address the problem now, even it means having recourse to our reserves.
The ruling party said the majority of the states needed bailout from the Federal Government because it had been impossible for them to use their internally generated revenues to pay their workers.
According to the APC, states are unlikely to be able to pay their workers in the next decade without major restructuring of the political and economic landscapes of the country.
It will be recalled that Osun State received N34.988bn bailout from the current administration of Buhari after the President assumed office in 2015.