Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola  Ajimobi, has said that the accumulated salaries owed the state workers had been reduced from about N17 billion to N11 billion, assuring that the outstanding arrears would be resolved by the end of October. Governor Abiola  Ajimobi disclosed this while briefing journalists at the Governor's office, Ibadan, on the efforts to address the state indebtedness to its workforce, Ajimobi who announced the approval of payment of about N2billion to workers in the lower cadre, stated that the challenge was about N2.5billion debt on the government's monthly wage bill. "Our average monthly salary is between N5.2billion and N5.5billion, whereas what we get from the Federal Government inclusive our Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is about N3 billion. So, every month, we have a deficit of about N2.5 billion."