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Ondo State governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has kicked disconnected the outgo of N2.396 cardinal gratuity arrears to 2016 and 2017 retirees successful the state’s service.
The event, held astatine the Cocoa Conference Centre, Governor’s Office, Akure, marked different large fulfilment of Aiyedatiwa’s committedness to wide the backlog of pensions and gratuities inherited by his administration.
In his code astatine the ceremony, the politician described the workout arsenic a continuation of a deliberate and well-thought-out argumentation to guarantee that each retiree receives their benefits successful a just and transparent manner.
The politician said the disbursement was not a coincidence but a merchandise of accordant planning, coming hardly a week aft his authorities paid implicit ₦1.4 cardinal to section authorities and superior schoolhouse retirees.
“This is simply a culmination of our administration’s sincerity of intent and unwavering resoluteness to honour men and women who gave their strength, intellect and years of work to the improvement of Ondo State,” Aiyedatiwa said.
The politician explained that his medication adopted the “year of exit” method arsenic the sole criterion for gratuity qualification to destruct bias and disorder successful the process.
According to him, status is not an extremity but a dignified modulation that deserves honour, fairness, and respect.
Reaffirming his government’s committedness to the payment of pensioners, the Governor said, “We are resolutely committed to clearing each the backlog of gratuity obligations. Our retirees merit empathy, honour, and respect.
This is not an enactment of favour; it is simply a motivation and law work we clasp dear.”
He recalled that since assuming office, his authorities had released ₦180 cardinal monthly to defray gratuity arrears portion ensuring regular outgo of pensions astatine some authorities and section authorities levels.
He highlighted different payment strides of his administration, including the outgo of ₦2.236 cardinal to 2015 retirees; a ₦30,000 monthly allowance for pensioners arsenic substance subsidy support; installation of solar-powered streetlights and roadworthy beautification; integer infrastructure investments; and the O’Datiwa Metering Programme, which has installed implicit 15,000 meters successful little than a year.
He besides listed the support of a six-kilometre roadworthy linking Scab Filling Station to Imafon and the constitution of the State Senior Secondary Education Board arsenic portion of ongoing developmental efforts.
While expressing appreciation to labour leaders, pension administrators and elder citizens for their patience and cooperation, Governor Aiyedatiwa reaffirmed that his medication would stay people-oriented and responsive to the payment of residents, particularly during economical hardship.
He urged retirees to enrol successful the Ondo State Health Insurance Scheme for accessible healthcare, stressing that “health is the instauration of happiness and longevity.”
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ondo State Pension Transitional Department, Bunmi Alade, lauded the politician for prioritising retirees’ payment contempt galore developmental projects competing for funds.
Alade disclosed that the ₦2.396 cardinal outgo marked the archetypal clip successful the state’s past that 2 afloat years of gratuity arrears were cleared simultaneously.
The Permanent Secretary besides appreciated the enactment of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners for their practice and enactment passim the exercise.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ondo State chapter, Comrade Johnson Osuyemi, expressed profound appreciation to Governor Aiyedatiwa for his accordant efforts successful addressing the payment and fiscal concerns of pensioners.
Osuyemi said the national and its members had remained optimistic since the inception of the administration, noting that the politician had demonstrated a genuine committedness to easing the burdens of retirees.
The visibly elated NUP president commended the politician for restoring anticipation to retirees who had endured years of uncertainty and hold successful the outgo of entitlements.
He recalled however immoderate pensioners were erstwhile astatine the brink of illness owed to unpaid benefits, adding that the monthly stipends being released by the authorities had go a lifeline for many.
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