The Ogun Government spent N82bn on payment of pensions and gratuities to state and local government retirees between June 2019 and June, 2022. Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun made this known as an interactive session with workers at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. Abiodun further said that out of the N18 billion outstanding […]
The Ogun Government spent N82bn on payment of pensions and gratuities to state and local government retirees between June 2019 and June, 2022. Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun made this known as an interactive session with workers at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. Abiodun further said that out of the N18 billion outstanding…
Abiodun further said that out of the N18 billion outstanding Global Cooperative deductions, the state government has paid N12 billion.The governor attributed the inability of his government to pay the deductions and other entitlements, to the increase in the wage bill of the state to N700 million due to the implementation of the new minimum wage.
” This additional wage bill has affected our plan which was to settle all outstanding commitments with our workforce,” he said. He said the ground-breaking ceremony of the Sagamu-Papalanto road would be performed by next week to further open up the state.
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