Govt To Consider New Salary For Osun Football Teams

OSUN State House Of Assembly Committee on Sports has disclosed that a new salary proposal for the State football teams will be reviewed before the season kick-starts.

The committee led by the chairman, Hon. Jeremiah Awoyeye, disclosed this during a facility tour to the Osogbo Township Stadium, on Wednesday.

Awoyeye noted that the new salary proposal is already on the table and will be appropriated any moment from now.

The Chairman stated that the aim of the tour is to bring back to life dying and moribund parts of the edifice with a view to giving facelift to the facilities.

Awoyeye, while addressing newsmen after being conducted round the arena, frowned at the poor condition of the stadium, saying it suffered neglect with zero investments by past administration.

He said: “We have invited the ministry and sports council, after their briefings, we decided to come and see things ourselves. With what we saw, a lot of things are out of place, I see no investment here in the past 15 years. A lot of our youths will go on to become stars, if we refuse to fix the facilities now; it won’t be good for the state. It doesn’t worth it calling this place the only stadium we have in Osun.

“We will also raise our voice and Mr. speaker will lead us to the Governor to chat a way forward. Government has done a lot for the team and we believe the mandate of promotion given to the team handlers won’t be achieved without good facility.”

When quizzed about concerns of stakeholders following absence of necessary equipment that would aid the approval of the arena for the forthcoming league, the Chairman was optimistic of instant actions, saying no cause for alarm.

He said: “We have met with commissioner for Sports and work has started, our teams will play at home, even the new salary proposal for our players is on the table, it will be reviewed before we kickstart the season.”

It would be recalled that Nigeria National League has pegged October 28th for league resumption as Omoluabi Giants will be campaigning in Southern Conference ‘B’ in the abridged league format.