Connect with us

News

Oyo Govt. Trains 1500 Workers, Set To Pay N26Billion Backlog Gratuity

Published

5 years ago

on

Oyo government said not less than 1500 State workers have been trained.

News Rain gathered that the State government who made the disclosure through the Honorable Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Prof. Daud Ogundoyin stressed further that the Ministry has trained and still in the process of training 1500 workers of the State and local government on leadership, teamwork, digital governance, and information communication technology (ICT)  to improve their working efficiency, and to also boost the State internal revenue.

Why Oyo Govt. Trains 1500 Workers.

Sangodoyin, who briefed newsmen on the development in his office in Ibadan, also assured retirees in the State that the present administration has allocated 70 percent of monthly gratuity allocation to retires from June 2013 according to the date of their retiring documents.
He said starting from September, workers with six months to retirement would be enrolled in a public-private exchange program that will prepare retirees for life after retirement and how to engage their time in productive agricultural ventures in consonance with the State government’s policy of agricultural development for self-reliance.
The Commissioner disclosed the readiness of the State government to offset the backlog of gratuity owed retired workers of the State from 2013 to June 2020, stating that the State has paid N1.4billion from January 2020 to August 2020.
Prof. Daud Sangodoyin stressed further that Governor Seyi Makinde has made it a matter of State policy to pay up the accrued gratuity while salaries, pensions, and other emoluments would continue to be paid as at when due.
He added that 20 percent of the monthly fund would go to retirees from the Judicial Service Commission while 10 percent would be dedicated to retirees that fall under health and compassionate ground.
“The present administration has paid gratuity till August 2013 which amounts to N1.4billion and we still have N26billion target to cover, which is our goal.
He said Governor Seyi Makinde has made it clear that the welfare of workers and retirees will be paramount in his policy decisions and that is why you have seen the dedication he has for the monthly funding for the disbursement of the gratuity.
According to Prof. Daud who stated that “The policy of the present administration is centered on merit, openness, and transparency, those people on the list are paid chronologically from 2013, those are the mainstream and they have 70% of the monthly funding while the retirees from the Judicial Service Commission has 20% and 10% goes to those under health and compassionate ground.
“A man was recently reported in the social media to need a certain amount of money to offset hospital bill and the news got to the State governor, he immediately directed the payment of his gratuity and also an old woman who came to complain that the banks wanted to take over her house due to loan she took, we had to pay her also under the health and compassionate vote.”
He added that starting from September, workers with six months to retirement would be enrolled in a public-private exchange program that will prepare retirees for life after retirement and how to engage their time in productive agricultural ventures in consonance with the State government’s policy of agricultural development for self-reliance.
Related Topics: