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Oyo Presents N180m Gratuity Cheques To 94 Retired Civil Servants

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Oyo State Government has disbursed the sum of N180m, to retire civil servants.
News Rain Nigeria reports that the Oyo State Government on Friday, 30th, October 2020,  disbursed cheques of N180 million naira to its retired civil servants across the state.
The State Government through the Ministry of Establishment and Training made the disbursement at the Ministry conference Hall, at the Agodi Secretariat Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital.
The cheques according to the Commissioner of the ministry, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, who stressed that the cheques are for the retired teachers, non-teaching staff, and judicial service commission staff whose papers have been completed as of June 2013.
Prof. Sangodoyin while presenting the cheques to the 94 retired civil servants, the commissioner for  Establishments and Training, noted that the state government has within 16 months, paid a total sum of N2.9 billion for about 1900 retirees.
He maintained that the Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has constituted a committee to find a way through which the state government can clear the backlogged of gratuities owed to retired civil servants whose papers have been completed and submitted.
News Rain Nigeria gathered that the state government will commence the payment of gratuity for workers who retired in July 2013, next month.
Also on behalf of the 94 retired civil servants who have presented gratuity cheques, the assistant secretary, Nigeria Union Of Pensioners, Oyo state chapter,  comrade Banji Koleosho, commended the state Governor for his kind gesture.
He described the timely disbursement of gratuity to retired workers by the state government as an unbelievable fact.
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