The former aides of former Governor of Ogun State Senator Ibikunle Amosun, comprising Special Assistant and Advisers have written to Governor Dapo Abiodun to bail them out of financial predicaments having not receive their severance gratuity after four years of leaving office.
Penpushing reports that the former aides who served between 2015 and 2019 which include Gbenga Adekanmbi, Musiliu Oladeinde and Olusola Balogun on behalf of others in a passionate appeal lamented that non payment of the severance gratuity has caused them financial, mental and physical trauma and that the value of their allowance has depreciated heavily.
The former political appointees in the letter appealed to the Governor to consider them in the N5 billion palliatives recently released by him to cushion the consequences of the current hardship on the residents, staff and retirees,stressing that their plight is made worse, as most of them could not return to their places of work, which they had to leave to serve the state, noting that this has grave consequences on the upkeep of their families and their personal well-being.
Penpushing further reports that the former aides expressed dismay why the Ogun State Government continues to ignore them, despite the formal appeals made in three letters to the Governor as well as those sent to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, the Secretary to the State Government, the Chief of Staff and the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor.
“We recall the acknowledgment of receipt of our letters and the promise made by the governor to look into our request when he met with our representatives at the Presidential Lodge, Ibara, Abeokuta, on September 1, 2022, ahead of the 2023 elections”, the appeal letter reads.
“We know His Excellency as a magnanimous and empathetic leader, who, on assumption of office, not only retained the thousands of workers employed and the Permanent Secretaries promoted in the twilight of the government of his predecessor but also fulfilling his promise to pensioners,” the former aides said.
Penpushing also reports that the aides in one of the letters written to the Governor signed and dated August 5, 2021 by Soyombo Opeyemi, Olusola Balogun, Lanre Adeagbo and Gbenga Adekanmbi said they served Ogun State Government diligently, adding that many of them had earlier resigned from their various employment to take up the political appointments
“We, the undersigned, representatives of Special Assistants to the Governor who served Ogun State Government between the years 2015 and 2019, earnestly appeal to Your Excellency to pay our Severance Allowance. Many of us resigned our jobs in order to serve our state’, the letter emphasized
“As the current helmsman, you would have taken cognisance of our plight during the four years of our faithful and selfless service. As we noted in our earlier letter on the subject matter, dated 6th June 2019, we humbly appeal to Your Excellency to kindly offset the SEVERANCE in order to encourage sacrificial service to the good people of Ogun State by public office holders”, the letter added.
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