The Oyo State government has appealed to protesting civil servants in the state to avoid being violent as they protest the non-remittance of deductions from their salaries.

This was as the government charged them to be peaceful in the course of their agitation.

This appeal was coming on the heels of the attack on some civil servants, including a staff of the Ministry of of Information and Orientation, Mr. Dare Olaniyan, on Tuesday.

The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said this in a statement on Thursday, in Ibadan.

Prince Oyelade said that the prudent management of state resources and the welfare of the workforce are reasons why many see the ongoing protest as unfair and hasty.

Oyelade averred that prioritising workers’ welfare is best illustrated by the fact that less than N100 million is spent on political office-holders salaries monthly, while N7.3 billion is expended to cater for the welfare of the state workforce within the same period.

He insisted that the state governor, in fulfilment of his promise since 2019, has prioritised all issues concerning civil servants, such that over 90 per cent of political office holders do not have the luxury of official cars in the last four years, while many senior civil servants enjoy such facilities.

The statement further informed that owing two months salary deductions should not attract extreme reactions, when workers themselves know that other states, with larger funds are struggling to imitate Oyo State.

Assuring the citizens that the good relationship that exists between the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the government is resilient enough to douse this tension and allow peace to reign.