Makinde approve Payment Of N25,000 Monthly Wage for Oyo State Civil Servants

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the payment of N25,000 monthly wage award for the state’s civil servants for six months.

Also, the state’s pensioners are to receive N15,000 for the same period.

The governor said the wage award would add N2.2 billion to the state’s monthly wage bill.

Makinde announced the wage award, while addressing the union leaders and restive workers after the end of a negotiation between the state government and union officials at the governor’s office, Ibadan.

The state government’s team to the negotiations was led by the secretary to the state government, Professor Olanike Adeyemi.

The workers were led in the negotiations by the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kayode Martins and his trade union congress, Olaonipekun Oluwaseun.

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Makinde insisted that the N2.2 billion would have a direct impact on the state’s finances, expressing determination to make his promise to the workers come to fruition.

“We all understand that it is a challenging period for us as a nation and as a state, you have to look at your pocket to see what we can do.

So, for every pensioner in the state, we will give them N15,000 monthly for the next six months, and I guarantee it starts in October.

And for workers, we are doing N25,000 to cushion the effects of this economic challenge that we are all going through,” he explained.

While calling on the workers to show more understanding, the governor said he understood that the economy was biting hard on household finances due to fuel subsidy removal and the naira-dollar exchange rate.