Makinde Committed To Workers’ Welfare – Commissioner

The commissioner for Establishments and Training in Oyo State, Professor Salihu Adelabu, has said that the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde remains committed to promoting efficiency, maintaining industrial peace and ensuring that the welfare of both serving and retired civil/public servants in the state is given priority attention.

Adelabu stated this during the Omitutun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing, stressing that the government had been executing initiatives that enhance service delivery, improve institutional capacity and also deepen the professionalism of the workforce in the state.

He said the government increased the payment of gratuity fund from ₦206 million monthly in 2019 to ₦1 billion in May 2025, noting that the state had been paying N1 billion to retirees in both the mainstream service and secondary school teachers and another N1 billion to retirees in primary schools and local governments in the state.

The commissioner stated that since the inception of the administration in May 2019, over ₦13 billion had been disbursed to settle accumulated arrears of gratuities for retirees in both the mainstream service and among secondary school teachers, benefitting 7,250 retirees.

Speaking on the issue of human capacity training and re-training of workers across the cadres, Adelabu stated that International Standard Organisation (ISO) management model would be adopted to enhance work efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of civil and public servants.

According to him, the same model would be adopted to develop a database on manpower and training needed across the state’s workforce, aimed at identifying skill gaps and deploying resources for targeted learning.

He added that the governor Makinde-led administration had also assured that it would clear all pension debts before the expiration of the current tenure in 2027.