Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has, in annoyance, walked out of a crucial meeting with labour leaders in Ondo state in a bid deliberate on how to use twenty point nine billion naira Paris club debt refund for salary and pension arrears.
It was authoritatively gathered that trouble ensued when governor Akeredolu kept the labour leaders waited for over four hours at the cocoa conference Hall, governor’s office, Alagbaka Akure which was the venue of the meeting.
According to the source, as the governor arrived, he was said to have expressed dissatisfaction with the blockage of his office entrance on Tuesday during a peaceful protest by workers and pensioners in the state.
The state workers and aging pensioners had earlier this week staged a peaceful protest for several hours at the entrance of the governor’s office to kick against alleged plot by the state government to divert the Paris club debt refund released by President Muhammadu Buhari to settle accumulated arrears of salaries and pension.
Addressing newsmen after the aborted meeting, the NLC chairman, Comrade Tayo Ogunleye, TUC chairman, Comrade Soladoye Ekundayo and JNC chairman Comrade Abel Oloniyo said the action of Governor Akeredolu to walked out on labour leaders had shown that he had an inordinate intension to divert the Paris club refund for personal or political use.
The labour leaders noted that they were still meeting before declaring industrial dispute against the Ondo
state government over its decision on Paris club refund and failure to continue payment of 2017 leave bonus.
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