By our Reporter
Governor Seyi Makinde, Oyo State has affirmed that he will comply with the Supreme Court order on dissolved local government officials saying they will be paid all their salaries and allowances.
The dissolved council officials were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress during the tenure of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi
Governor Makinde who announced their dissolution immediately he was inaugurated as the governor on May 29, 2019.
The council officials went to the high court, appeal court and the apex court which ruled that they should be paid all their salaries and allowances from May 2019 to March 2022.
The governor who spoke on Monday in a statement by Taiwo Adisa,Chief Press Secretary that his administration would comply.
The statement read, “The court also awarded a cost of N20m and asked the Attorney General of Oyo State to file an affidavit of compliance latest August 7, 2021.
“A similar decision was given against the Government of Katsina State, with the same cost of N20m awarded against it.
“Recall that the state government had long before the ruling of the Supreme Court offered to pay the salaries and allowances of the dissolved local government chairmen. The said council chairmen scuttled the bid at the time because they came up with absolute terms, insisting that they must return to the councils with all their aides.
“The government of Oyo State has full respect for the judiciary and the Supreme Court of the land and as a believer in the rule of law, the state will comply with the order to pay the salaries of dissolved local government chairmen.”