Adeleke orders payment of arrears of half salaries, pensions, cash backing of workers’ promotion

BLESSING AKOROWOSI, Osogbo

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed the immediate payment of half of the salaries’ arrears.

This is as he declared cash backing of promotion exercises in the previous years from 2019 to 2022 in the state.

It would be recalled that the Former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, in 2016 introduced half salary in the civil service which attracted several criticisms.

The governor on Wednesday approved welfare packages for active and retired workers at both State and Local Government levels.

According to the statement issued by Mr. Najeem Akintola for the Head of Service, Mr. Ayanleye Aina, announcing the Governor’s directives, contributory pensions owed would also be cleared.

The directives in the statement are: “the immediate payment of arrears of half salaries for January 2016.

“Subsequent payment of arrears of half salaries once in a quarter beginning with the second quarter of the year 2023; Monthly payment of arrears of half salaries to Contributory Pensioners (State and Local) who have not received their bonds with effect from February 2023; Payment of four (4) months outstanding deductions (May and June 2019, February 2020 and October 2022) starting with the immediate payment of May 2019 deduction and the other three months deductions at once per quarter; and Cash backing of the years 2019 to 2022 promotion exercises.”

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