Ekiti State Government on Monday approved the payment N140m
severance package to ex- public office holders in the state.
However, the approval covers only those at the local
government level.
The Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Mr. Idowu
Adelusi, disclosed these in a statement in Ado Ekiti.
According to the statement, the beneficiaries of the
severance are those elected into office in 1999, 2006 and 2008.
The beneficiaries included former chairmen of local
governments, council secretaries, councilors and council advisers.
The state governor, Ayodele Fayose, gave the order for the
immediate payment of the severance package to the affected officers during a
meeting he held with them on Monday.
Adelusi quoted the governor as saying families of those
already dead must also be paid the entitlements of their loved ones.
He also warned local government officials that would effect
the payment not to play politics with the exercise, saying anyone caught would
face the consequences.
“The governor felt that despite the economic challenges we
are facing as a state, we feel it is our duty to honour those who had served
our state in the past.
“They had contributed their own quota to the development of
our state; therefore, families of those that are already dead should be paid
too.
“The exercise has nothing to do with politics and must be
fairly shared.
“We already made some payments some months ago and we are
again doing this now.”
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