Gov. Makinde addressing workers yesterday.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced payment of N25,000 for workers and N15,000 for pensioners as wage awards in the state.
The governor said the payment will be for six months at an additional N2.2 billion to the wage bill of the state.
Makinde made the disclosure in the company of labour leaders including Comrade Kayode Martins (NLC), Comrade Bosun Olabiyi (TUC), Comrade Olaonipekun Oluwaseun (JNC Public Sector) while addressing workers at the entrance of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.
Other government functionaries include Special Adviser (Labour Matters), Comrade Adebayo Titilola-Sodo, the Executive Assistant to the governor, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe among others who were with the governor during the address.
The workers had stormed Governor’s Office as part of a decision taken at their Congress yesterday in order to ensure the issue which had been dragging for some time now is resolved once and for all.
