Ogun workers confirm payment of December salary with 10% bonus

Governor Ibikunle Amosun

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta

Contrary to rumour making rounds that the Ogun State government is not economical with the truth over the payment of civil servants in the State, PMNews can authoritatively reported that the payment has commenced.

Findings from many civil servants Wednesday by our correspondent revealed that most of the workers have been paid. It would be recalled that the state government had on Monday announced the payment of December salary for it’s workers with 10 per cent bonus.

The state’s monthly wage bill, including subventions and pensions, according to the State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun is put at N6.2 billion.

Making the announcement while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital,the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa disclosed that the junior workers in the state had been paid before Christmas festival.

Adeoluwa stated that at the close of work yesterday, (Tuesday), the salaries were released to the banks, for onward disbursement to their respective accounts.

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The SSG disclosed that if the governor had not taken the initiative to jack up the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state from the paltry N730 milliion monthly he inherited in 2011 to between N4.5 billion to N6.2 billion monthly, things would have gone bad.

According to him, “the Ibikunle Amosun-led administration believes in the philosophy that a labourer’s wage should be paid before his sweat dries up. The financial stress we are experiencing in the country has been responsible for the slight delay in payment of workers,” Adeoluwa said.

Some of the workers who spoke with our correspondent this morning confirmed that they have been receiving alerts since late last night while some said they have been to their banks to cash their money.

“We are just coming from our banks now. For me and my colleagues here, we have received alerts and as I am speaking to you, I’ve already cashed some money from the ATM,” a driver attached to the Office of the Chief of Staff said.

The state government had in a release on Monday revealed that Ogun and Lagos states were the only states in the federation that paid their workers December salaries with bonuses.

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