The administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is committed towards the improvement of the welfare of workers in the employ of the state government while also guaranteeing job security.
This commitment of the administration was reinforced today with the decision of the Fund Apportionment Committee set up by the Governor last year to look into ways of shoring up the resources accruing to government while at the same time overseeing payment of salaries and pension after deducting the critical expenditures of government at the end of every month.
The Committee under the leadership of renown labour leader Comrade Hassan Sunmonu rose from its meeting today with decisions that will bring smile to the face of the workers. At the meeting, it was decided that the loan refund paid to the state should be used to settle the salary and pension bill for the months of September, October and November with immediate effect.
While workers on grade levels 1 -7 will be paid 100% (full salary), those on levels 8 - 10 will receive 75% and the others 50%. Pensioners earning below #20,000.00 per month will also receive their full pension for the three months while those earning between #20,000 - #80,000.00 will receive 75%. Added to this is the decision taken that remaining arrears of leave bonus for the last quarter of 2014 should also be paid immediately.
Also conveyed to the meeting was the instruction of the Governor that December salary should be paid immediately the allocation for November is received next week. The decisions have put an end to the insinuations by enemies of the government and detractors that all is not well between the workers and the government while outstanding arrears will be cleared as soon as the economy of the state improves.
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