Severance Pay: Former Ogun Political Office Holders Seek President Tinubu’s Intervention

Those who were political office holders in Ogun state during the Ibikunle Amosun administration, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and urge Governor Dapo Abiodun to pay their outstanding severance pay.

The former political office holders lamented that despite the fact that  President Bola Tinubu  had urged state governors to cushion the economic hardship through payments of outstanding debts to  their respective citizens, Governor Abiodun has refused to fulfill his pledge to offset their severance allowance.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the former political office holders, who served as  Special Assistants between 2015 and 2019, in a statement that was jointly issued by Fakorede Adesanya, Okoya Babatunde and Musiliu Oladeinde, noted that the governor had  met them ahead of the 2023 general election and promised to pay their severance allowance.

‘This is an acknowledgment that we are entitled to and deserve the allowance.

The governor has denied us this legitimate entitlement for five years. This has caused us psychological trauma. Over time, the value of the gratuity has depreciated considerably.

Many of our colleagues who resigned from their jobs to serve Ogun state could not return to those jobs. Many of them and their families are in financial straits, hence, our appeal for President Tinubu’s intervention.

As the current helmsman, you would have taken cognizance of our plight during the four years of our faithful and selfless service.

As we noted in our earlier letter on the subject matter, dated June 6, 2019, we humbly appeal to Your Excellency to kindly offset the severance in order to encourage sacrificial service to the good people of Ogun state by public office holders’ the statement  added–Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you