The Osun State Governor Prince Ademola Adeleke has approved the payment of N15,000 allowance to civil servants and N10,000 allowance to pensioners in the state to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal.
Penpushing reports that Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Olawale Rasheed, made this known in a press statement on Wednesday, explaining that the action was in continuation of his commitment to workers’ welfare and fulfilment of a pledge for the gradual rollout of palliative measures to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.
The statement recalled that the Governor on the first day in his second year in office unveiled this wage and reaffirmed his administration five-point agenda, which he said has worker’s welfare as number one item.
Penpushing further reports that the Governor’s approval was conveyed in a circular issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Capacity Building, which disclosed a N15,000 wage award for workers and N10,000 for pensioners.
The circular, signed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sunday Fadele said that the award would run for six months beginning from December, adding that the palliatives are to assuage the pains being experienced as a result of removal of petroleum subsidy by the Nigerian Government.
‘Sequel to the negotiation meetings and interactions with labour movements and representatives of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Governor Adeleke has approved a monthly payment of N15,000 to each active worker and N10,000 to each pensioner’.
‘These are palliatives to assuage the pains being experienced as a result of removal of petroleum subsidy by the Federal Government. It is expected that this gesture of government will spur workers in the state to be more diligent and committed to their duties’, Adeleke said.
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