Pensioners under the umbrella of the Local Government Pensioners Association in Ogun State Wednesday shut down the state secretariat over the non-payment of N68 billion outstanding gratuity.
The pensioners blocked the two main gates of the secretariat, in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital locking out the Secretary to the State Government , Tokunbo Talabi, civil servants, and visitors to the secretariat for over four hours. The protesters, who were armed with placards indicating their anger, had in June staged a warning protest to express their grievances.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, the State Chairman of LOGPAN, Sikiru Ayilara, expressed displeasure over the “inhuman treatments” being meted to them by the government under the watch of Governor Dapo Abiodun. He accused the governor of failing to keep his promises to the pensioners, lamenting that, some of them still earn N3,000 as monthly pension.Mr Ayilara described the quarterly payment of N500 million by the governor as unacceptable because, according to him, “it would take 34 years to clear the backlog of the gratuities”.
Their governor is in London for a photo shoot session with his master.
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