Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has approved the sum of N10,000 as palliative for civil servants and pensioners in the state to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal.
Secretary to the state government, Tokunbo Talabi, said the measures will take effect from July.
Talabi noted the palliatives include N10,000 cash for each public servant, including pensioners, to enable workers to cope with the economic shocks occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, for a period of three months, in the first instance.
The governor also approved hazard allowance for all health and medical personnel and the immediate release of letters of promotion in respect of 2021 and 2022.
He also approved payment of March and April, 2023 leave bonuses for public servants in the state and the immediate cash-backing for the quarterly payment of gratuities to pensioners.
The governor also directed ministries, departments and agencies to work out modalities of ensuring that 20 percent of their staff strengths are off-duty daily to ease the effect of recent increase in fuel price among public servants.
He also directed the Gateway Trading Company to establish food distribution outlets across the state, and sell the items at the rate obtainable in the market before removal of fuel subsidy.
“The State is also establishing a commodity exchange to ensure optimization of current and future investment in the Agro-allied sector of the economy in line with President Tinubu’s war on food insecurity.
“Distribution of fertilizers and other farm inputs to farmers at subsidized and control prices”
To ease the transportation stress, the governor said the state would soon begin of conversion of state mass transit buses to gas (including staff buses and current public transportation buses in circulation) to reduce cost of transportation by charging rates comparable to what obtained before deregulation.
