President of Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union, University of Abuja Chapter, Adebimpe Peter Babatunde has urged the government of Oyo state to pay workers every outstanding wages in the state.

He called on the Governor, Abiola Ajimobi to fulfill his cardinal agenda of paying workers. He added that government should be sensitive to the plights of the parents who are really suffering because they have not been paid.

He advised that Oyo state should always be a pace setter.

 “Governor Ajimobi should make payment of workers salary as one of the cardinal agenda of his government,” the leader noted.

“Our parents are suffering. The government should not do as if all is well in the state; we suffer in our various schools as students from Oyo State because our parents have no money to cater for our needs.

“We have several cases of self withdrawal from higher institutions because of inability to meet up with the financial obligations required.

“Oyo state as we all know is a pace setter, we make good records not bad records for other states to emulate. We appeal to the governor to sustain the good names of the state right from the days of the late sage, Papa Obafemi Awolowo.”

Adebimpe further urged the Governor to look inward with a view to increasing the state’s internally generated revenue instead of total dependence on the monthly sharing of the federal allocation.

“The era of banking on the monthly sharing of money from the Federation Account is over due to the collapsing of the crude oil prices in the international market. Governors should think out of the box to justify the mandate given to them by the voters,” the statement concluded.