Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji on Monday disbursed over N500million in gratuity cheques to 152 pensioners in Ado- Ekiti.
Oyebanji assured pensioners in the state that his administration has concluded plans to make disbursement of N200million monthly gratuities to them henceforth, promising to also review pensions in line with current realities.
The Governor also promised to review the monthly pension following the discovery that some pensioners still receive abysmally low amount as monthly pension.
Governor Oyebanji expressed his disapproval for the usual gathering of elderly people in a hall for the purpose of disbursing gratuity cheques to them, and directed the PTAD office to ensure they disburse gratuity on monthly basis henceforth.
The Governor, who also assured pensioners that government has started working out modalities to defray over N40Billion owed, said he had already approve N100million each for both state and local government retirees which must be disbursed on monthly basis to deserving pensioners.
Governor Oyebanji assured citizens of the state that his efforts at infrastructural development of the state would not in anyway affect his shared prosperity agenda for the people as he stressed the need for political leaders to be futuristic in attending to issues that concern the populace.
Speaking further, Governor Oyebanji expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for supporting the state saying without him, Ekiti would not have been able to achieve any meaningful development.
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