Amosun And Ogun Workers When Senator Ibikunle Amosun cleared the backlog of N1billion CONTISS and Monetization allowances of OOU staff inherited from the Daniel administration, Ekiti election was not in view. When he offset the three-month salaries owed staff of the same institution by the former government, there was no election in view. When he paid the Minimum Wage of N18,250 as against N18,000 and implemented the increment across board, no one talked about elections. It is worth mentioning that Ogun ranks number one in the South West, possibly across the country, in the across-board implementation of the Minimum Wage. When he offset the inherited bonuses and allowances of workers from 2008 to 2011 before the current year, did he do so because of elections? When Amosun paid union dues, cooperative deductions and bank loans of workers, which the previous government deducted but failed to remit, all before 2014, certainly there was no election in view. When the governor cleared the arrears of promotion of thousands of Ogun workers, including teachers due since 2008 – all before 2014 – was Ekiti election in view? When the Ogun State civil servants planned their Public Service Week and invited the governor, they had no reason to consider any election in Ekiti or elsewhere. The event even commenced before the Ekiti poll. The governor chose an event that should be adjudged as apt to announce further welfare package for the workers, then agents of failed politicians say it’s because of polls. Was it also because of polls that Amosun introduced free education at the nursery, primary and secondary schools, which our people at the grassroots last enjoyed over 30 years ago? When he paid the Severance Allowance of past political office holders, he made it clear that what led to the postponement on two or three occasions was that he could not reconcile how the civil servants who had put in 35 years would be owed their dues while he paid the politicians who served just for eight years. He said that caused the delay. How this could be related to Ekiti election beats my imagination. Amosun has always been a welfarist, friend of workers and the masses. That is why his government is not owning salaries of workers and pays them as and when due since he became governor in 2011. That’s why he’s clearing (sometimes piecemeal) the arrears of pensions, gratuities, etc. of workers that had served the state meritoriously. That is why he’s implementing free education, which takes the burden of school fees, purchase of textbooks, etc off the shoulders of our people. And that’s why he’s loved by the overwhelming majority of teachers, civil servants, farmers, market women, artisans, students, etc
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:25:38 +0000
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