Abiodun Extends Civil Servants’ N10,000 Allowance By 6 Months

Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has extended the payment of N10, 000 transport allowance to state civil servants to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal Government by another six months.

Payment of the allowance, which was part of various interventions adopted by the state government at the wake of the deregulation policy in July, had expired last September ending before the governor renewed it.

At a meeting yesterday with permanent secretaries in the state, Governor Abiodun said the extension would allow the state workforce to cope with the effects of the subsidy removal.

He described the allowance as part of the temporary immediate-term interventions to allow the government to come up with appropriate medium and long-term intervention plans for all categories of people in the state.

Aside the N10, 000, which also covers pensioners, the state government a approved hazard allowance for health and medical personnel, immediate release of letters of promotion in respect of 2021 and 2022, payment of March and April 2023 leave bonuses for public servants and immediate cash-backing for the quarterly payment of gratuities to pensioners.

The governor recalled that his administration was the first to introduce the E-Mobility and Gas Mobility Programme with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) enabled buses and electric-powered tricycles and motorcycles (Okada).