Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Friday released N2 billion to offset part of the global cooperative deductions from the state workers.

The payment, which will cover four months, is meant to address the plight of the workers and pensioners.

The governor also promised to settle the outstanding deductions by releasing one billion naira quarterly until all the entire deductions are defrayed.

Akeem Lasisi, the Chairman, Trade Union Congress, Ogun branch, disclosed this at a news conference after a meeting between the leaders of labour and pensioners’ unions and the governor.

Mr Lasisi said the governor also released another N1 billion for gratuities of state and local government pensioners.

“The new gratuities is a 100 per cent increment from the earlier quarterly payment of N500 million he had earlier commenced in 2020.

“We had a fruitful meeting with the governor today. This is a follow-up to other meetings we had before.

“In the meeting, we told the governor that workers are tensed up and restless due to the non-payment of their deductions and he agreed to do something about it.

“I am glad to inform you that he has directed the immediate release of N1 billion for the payment of gratuities and that N1 billion will be released on quarterly basis for the pensioners.

“As at today, four months of global deductions has been paid and the governor also promised to do this on quarterly basis,” he said.

Mr Lasisi said the governor has promised that promotion letters for 2018 would be fully implemented in the new year while promotion entitlements for 2019 would commence by March 2022.

According to him, Mr Abiodun told the workers to expect to enjoy their promotion entitlements for 2020 “from May or June next year”.

Also speaking, the State Chairman, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Waidi Oloyede, appreciated the state government for the gesture.

He praised the governor for accepting to look into the monthly increment, saying that some pensioners collected as low as N5,000 monthly as pension.

Isa Olude, the state Chairman, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSON) and Chairman Joint Negotiations Committee called for commitment of the parties involved to build trust and avoid misunderstandings.

Speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile, reiterated government’s commitment to the welfare of both workers and pensioners. (NAN)

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I pray my father's own is paid ooo

Listen to this amazing tune

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I don't understand

BlackfireX:
I don't understand

What don't you understand

Great.

He should also attend to the embarrassing, abandoned road projects across the state.

How can a government allow the tag of ' cluelessness' to stick for so long?

Why deduct what they have worked and sweated for in the first place?! Greedy lots everymwhere. Love of many has truly waxed cold!

The governor also promised to settle the outstanding deductions by releasing one billion naira quarterly until all the entire deductions are defrayed.

Good start.
I hope he keeps his promises to the end.
Ogun state workers needs to enjoy the fruit of their labour.
Same for all good and credible workers in Nigeria.
May Nigeria succeed.

Good

All they do is promise heaven on earth but in the end they do nothing. Just the usual cheap political popularity.

Nigerian politicians are the most conscienceless beings you can ever see anywhere in the world.

GlobalWay:
Why deduct in the first place?! Greedy lots everymwhere.

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

Eweeeyyyy!

This is good, if you ask me

Ghost governor.

One day Ogun would be free.

Why are they celebrating it like he did a favor to the workers...he's paying back the money deducted from their salaries...even the deduction is a fraud in the first place cos the interest on these monies are never paid to the workers...

Do you still have a functional Brain at all?! So, I should thank him for stealing people sweats and making their lives excruciatingly difficult for so long, and later giving back 0.005% fraction of the Stolen Worker's Pay! Not everyone is an irredeemable mentally enslaved myopic scavenger like you!

ILoveDemMANNA:

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

ILoveDemMANNA:

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

You deducted my money and you are paying back you say good gesture. Let these people be deceiving you. He is paying what they owed!

Them sha wan use H.U.N.G.E.R kill people.
God go help us

ILoveDemMANNA:

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

What's the point in having a brain when you know you won't use it.....

Okay

ILoveDemMANNA:

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

Appreciate him for settling the dubiously cornered sweat of civil servants?

Money that was never suppose to be touched by the government but remitted to various cooperatives...hmm...sadly enough, this guy promised to not to touch workers' deductions, but the evil he used to campaign, he himself has embraced.

Very funny, "Appreciate a Governor for paying salaries"...very hilarious

The deductions were made during the time of his predecessor. He is only trying to right the wrongs.

Anything Manna is trash, you all should know by now.

As for Dapo, I hope the real voters in Ogun state have retentive memories all these four years he has been wielding power for when his re-election comes.

The stupid elected gov of my state

Sadly

ILoveDemMANNA:

Appreciate a good gesture when you see one, that is the only way we can all move forward as a nation.
Stop crying 24/7 abeg

is like your brain is leaking

Nn

Ogun state roads needs serious attention!

He released just 4 months out of over 2 years deductions.... Nawa ooo

I used to think that senator Ibikunle Amosun will be the worst governor in Ogun State, until Dapo Abiodun resumes office.... The guy is worse, he acts nonchalantly about the affairs of the state, worker and all..

The best regime in Ogun State was achieved during the PDP era....

Useless government.

May the Lord continue to keep iya Teacher (my mom) healthy. She retired from service in 2012, while I was still in school. She had planned to complete her house with her gratuity. Then, month turns to years. Till date, almost 10 years later, she’s yet to receive the money.
Anyway, I have since completed the house in 2015.
She kept talking about her gratuity being so precious to her, a reward for her 35yrs in service.

Hahahaha, 2023 is around the corner.

The Governor and his supporters should be ashamed of themselves. I think it should be an impeachable offence for governors inability to pay salaries except the state has been declared bankrupt. Why should a governor be unable to pay salaries when funds has been coming to the state staedily and receive his salary.

And here we are celebrating that he promised to do what he should be doing normally. This kind of news is a shame to his adminatration, but the masses has been configured to celebrate governors as if they are sharing money to their minions

I commend the governor for this but he needs to work on Obantoko More Junction Road.

When you have no details or info about any news you shut your foolish mouth.

Amosun made the deduction from the worker's benefit n refused to pay till this man came n doused the precarious the former gov left the workers.

Klington:
All they do is promise heaven on earth but in the end they do nothing. Just the usual cheap political popularity.

Nigerian politicians are the most conscienceless beings you can ever see anywhere in the world.

GlobalWay:
Why deduct what they have worked and sweated for in the first place?! Greedy lots everymwhere. Love of many has truly waxed cold!

You must perish with your entire household if he never stole the workers pay.

GlobalWay:
Do you still have a functional Brain at all?! So, I should thank him for stealing people sweats and making their lives excruciatingly difficult for so long, and later giving back 0.005% fraction of the Stolen Worker's Pay! Not everyone is an irredeemable mentally enslaved myopic scavenger like you!

Articul8:

You deducted my money and you are paying back you say good gesture. Let these people be deceiving you. He is paying what they owed!