Gov Makinde Shocked By N650,000 Monthly Salary

By Editor

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed shock after realizing that his monthly salary was N650,000 and not the N3 or N4 million he was made to believe before entering office.

Upon that reality, the governor has pledged to improve the remuneration package of civil servants in the state saying that poor remuneration was an incentive to corruption.

The governor spoke when he was addressing the newly inaugurated state executive council.

He, therefore, declared his readiness to tackle poor remuneration in the state’s civil service.

He said: “We do have challenges and I can give you an example of the kind of issues that we are faced with. When I was on the podium being sworn-in, I announced that I was donating my salary to the pension board.

“I actually thought my salary was going to be like N3 or N4 million monthly but when I came in here, I discovered that my salary is only six hundred and fifty naira (N650,000) monthly, which is less than two thousand dollars ($2,000). And then, I have a budget of over five hundred million dollars.

“How can somebody earning $24,000 a year preside over a five hundred million dollar budget? The temptation is just too high.

“When I was growing up, anytime I saw permanent secretaries and top civil servants, all around with their entourage, jeeps, Land cruisers, I thought they were making it big because I was driving Peugeot or Toyota Camry.

“But when I came in here, the salary of Permanent Secretaries is under N500,000 per month; in such an environment where you have contractors coming with big temptations. The expectation is just too great and high. But the good news is, we will find a solution to this. It’s going to business unusual in Oyo State.”

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