Ooni of Ife
Monarch appeals to state governments over workers’ unpaid salaries The monarch urged the affected state governments to pay their workers the outstanding salaries they owe them. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has decried state governments owing workers salaries running to several months , saying that it was not a good idea. Ogunwusi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when some management staff paid him a courtesy visit in Ile Ife, Osun. The monarch urged the affected state governments to think out of the box and pay their workers the outstanding salaries they owe them. He said that state governments should not depend solely on monthly allocations from the federation accounts to run the affairs of their states. “State governments should also think of what they can do on their own to generate additional revenues to complement whatever comes monthly to them from the federation account." “All the states have one or two potential that they are blesse...