Abiodun approves N1.9bn for Payment of Gratuity to 685 Local Government Pensioners

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday approved the disbursement of N1.9bn gratuity to 685 local government pensioners, in a show of concern for the well-being of the senior citizens of the state.

Abiodun had in August this year directed the Bureau of Local Government Pensions and the State Pension Board to commence the payment of N1bn to the senior citizens.

Speaking on this latest directive from the governor during a meeting with the executives of Association of Retired Primary School Teachers, Local Government Pensioners Association, and Retired Primary School Teachers Association of Nigeria, held in her office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Local Government Pensions, Mrs. Olubukola Adeniregun, said the present dispensation was not handling pensioners matters with levity.

Adeniregun noted that the present administration was deeply concerned about the yawning gap between the payment of gratuity of local government and state government retirees, positing that the gesture was the governor’s passionate consideration of the various appeals and clarion calls to bridge the gap, adding that a total of 685 retirees would benefit from the recent disbursement.

“From his inception as the governor of Ogun State, you will agree with me that Prince Dapo Abiodun has lived up to his promises for the senior citizens. Need I remind you that, he is the governor who raised the quarterly payment of gratuity of pensioners from N500m to N1bn, and as we speak, the pensioners are also included in the six-month extension of cash palliative being paid to serving workers on a monthly basis,” she said.

Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs Foluke Salami and Mr Noah Bakare, who retired as primary school teacher and local government worker respectively, appreciated the governor for the payment.

They implored him to continue the disbursement of their gratuity, so that other pensioners still on the waiting list would also benefit.

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