Ogun State Government says it has inaugurated Contributory Pensions Scheme Review and Consequential Pensions Adjustment Committees to ensure improved welfare for the public, civil servants, and pensioners.
It said in a statement that this was in fulfilment of the Memorandum of Action signed by the Ogun State Government and the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The statement said the government and the organised labour in the state had signed a Memorandum of Action on July 1, 2022, to put an end to the strike and also settle the bottleneck around issues relating to workers’ and pensioners’ welfare in the state.
Inaugurating the committees at the governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, said the welfare of both serving workers and retirees was germane to the agenda of the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration, and it had set machinery in motion to commence the payment of gross salary from July 2022.
The state’s scribe tasked the committees to critically examine the operations and implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme, to determine the improved number of monthly pensions payable to retirees in the state and local governments, to cushion the effect of the current economic realities.
In his remarks, the Head of Service, Dr. Nafiu Aigoro, stated that the present administration was irrevocably committed to the welfare of the civil servants and pensioners, and called on workers to continue to support the government.
The Ogun State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Emmanuel Bankole, expressed optimism that the inauguration of the committees would address lingering labour issues.
The Chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners in the state, Waheed Oloyede, admonished the committees to ensure speedy recommendations to boost public confidence in government.
