Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta

The Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) of Ogun State workers on Friday confirmed the payment of cooperative deductions to its component unions by the State Government.

The JNC also slammed some media reports suggesting that the bailout fund meant for the payment of workers’ entitlements may have been fixed by the state government in a commercial bank for purposes of yielding interest.

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant,SSA to the governor on Media,Adejuwon Soyinka,the Joint Negotiating Council debunked the lies.

According to him, “No. No. No, there is nothing like fixing. It is the bank that caused the delay. The Accountant-General even showed us documents that established when the government released the money…we in JNC never said government fixed any amount,”the JNC chairman said.

Speaking with newsmen on Friday, Olakanmi said reaching him from officials of
the different unions indicate that their accounts have been credited with the deductions for the months of January to April as well as August and September, 2015.

The JNC Chairman, who noted that he was recently at a meeting with the Accountant-General of the state added, “I can confirm that going by the documents shown to us and the way the Accountant-General spoke to us, it was clear that the banks were at fault in delaying the disbursement. No, there was nothing like fixing.”

He praised the state government for living up to its words and promised the cooperation of the workers towards the actualisation of governments’ objectives.