The Oyo State Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), Olooye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke (FCA) has promised prompt payment of gratuities and pension enrollments immediately after retirements of civil servants in the state as soon as he takes over the rein of governance next year.
This is as he also promised a new era for the youths in the state, assuring them of empowerment through the local government councils and vocational training agency.
Adegoke made this known on Monday while addressing the people of Oyo East, Oyo West, Atiba and Afijio local governments Areas of Oyo State during a Thank-You-Visit.
Adegoke who was accompanied by the “Solutions 2027 Team” said that it is sad that after retirement from the civil service, most of the retirees stayed for Seven to 10 years to receive their gratuities, and also waiting for months before their enrollment into payment of pensions.
He promised that this archaic method will give way to immediate payment of gratuities to retired workers in the civil service under his administration. He said retired civil servants will be enrolled into the pension scheme the month following their retirement.
According to him, “It is sad that retired civil servants often wait for seven to ten years before they receive their gratuities and several months before they are enrolled for pension. We will change all that. Before retirement, the process of gratuities would have started so that they can immediately benefit upon retirement. Also, few months to retirement, the process for placement on pension payment will be worked out and upon retirement the retirees would immediately enjoyed their pension”.
ADC guber candidate said he will bring a new era for the teeming youths of Oyo state by empowering them through the local governments, noting that youths are the future of the state and according to him,. everything will be done to make sure they are empowered as they grow up in the society.
Adegoke said he hopes to bring developments to the state and ensure that the state lives up to its status as a pace- setter state.
“I will replicate the developments earlier carried out by the Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola that made the western region a greater zone, which earned Oyo state, a pace setter. Oyo will be developed to the envy of other states in the country and our pace setter status will be a thing of pride”, Adegoke said.
On infrastructural developments, the ADC governorship candidate said in his first 100 days in office, he will ensure repairs of minimum 10 township roads in each local government, saying with four local governments in Oyo, 40 township roads will be repaired during his first 100 days in office through the local governments.
He insisted that the contractors for roads’ repair will be drawn within the local government areas so that they can be tracked if they carry out shoddy works.
He said he will enhance local government’s autonomy to allow them perform their constitutional roles .
He pledged that the state under his control will employ Agricultural Extension Officers to enhance and assist the farmers on their farms.
He further said that farmers will be offered soft loans to develop their farms while at the same time, their children will be gainfully employed.
The team later moved to Lalupon to pay Thank-You-Visit to Lagelu and Akinyele local government areas.
