By Gbenga Olarinoye

OSOGBO — The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, has promised to mobilise the next assembly to drive a stakeholders’ summit that will examine the challenges facing the state and the lasting solution to them.

In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika, in Osogbo yesterday, Salaam empathised with the enduring workers of the state who were confronted with inevitable delayed wage and pensioners who would have to endure, saying the situation will be addressed shortly.

Workers in Osun State are currently being owed about six months salary arrears since the dwindling in revenue allocation to the state by the Federal Government commenced last year.

But Salaam asked people to bear in mind that the state Chief Executive, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, was exploiting all avenues to mobilise funds that would be used to offset the outstanding arrears but would have to adhere with time consuming procedural demand.

Osun SDP asks Aregbesola to resign

Meantime, the Osun State Chapter of Social Democratic Party SDP has asked  Governor Aregbesola to immediately vacate the state governor’s seat over what it called the present pitiable situation of the state.