Abdulwaheed Odusile, the commissioner for information and strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

The intended meeting, according to the statement, is expected to address every issue on the workers’ list of complaints that led to their indefinite strike action.

According to the commissioner, the governor decided to assume personal responsibility for resolving the employees’ complaints as part of his and his administration’s commitment to the welfare and wellbeing of workers in Ogun State, which has been adequately shown since the inception of the administration.

“I am personally committed to ensuring an improved welfare of workers in Ogun State and will do all that is necessary to achieve this”, the statement quoted the governor as saying, adding that: “this is a workers’ friendly administration and will remain so under my watch”.

“One of the first duties I performed on my first day at work as the governor on May 30, 2019, was to approve the immediate payment of salaries of our workers, which had not been paid by the immediate past Administration until then.

“I also made a vow that salaries of workers in the state will be paid on or before the end of each month. And we have been doing that religiously ever since.

“Even in the face of dwindling resources, rising needs, and this strike, the salaries are being remitted. I am sure they will start receiving bank credit alerts in the next 24 hours for the month of June.

“We are one of the few states in the country not owing workers salary and paying as and when due.

“Most of their complaints were inherited from the previous Administrations, but as a responsive and responsible government, we are tackling them one after the other, even as we are being hampered by the paucity of funds.

“The money accruable to us from the Federation Account and sundry sources has been dwindling for a long time now and this is affecting our ability to meet some of our obligations but even at that we have been prioritizing the interests of our workforce.”

He however assured workers that he would do everything within available means to address issues of concern to the workers, whilst urging them to show understanding with the Government and call off the strike.