Oyo state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun Wednesday said the state government is to start payment of gratuity to officers of the state government that retired from 2019 till date.
Dr. Olatunbosun stated this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state executive council meeting held Tuesday evening and declared that this is “to further reduce the backlog of unpaid gratuities to retirees from the state service.”
The commissioner stated that the monthly allocation for the payment of backlog of unpaid gratuities has also been increased from N230million to N235million with the promise of upward review of the amount as the state finances improve.
“The council, at its 27th meeting of September 29, 2020, directed that a proposal to offset the backlog of unpaid gratuities of retired staff and an initiative to ensure the payment of gratuities of retiring staff in the Oyo State Civil Service as soon as they retire, be urgently initiated by members of a committee comprising the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, as well as the Commissioner for Finance,” he said.
Dr. Olatunbosun added: “The committee presented its findings and recommendations at the last executive council meeting and it was proposed that the sum of #50million be set aside to cater specially for officers retiring from the service between May, 2019, and May, 2023, with a view to benchmarking the performance of the present administration in the payment of gratuity of civil/public servants.”
