The Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade today stated, “The Oyo State Government has cleared all the non-statutory deductions of civil servants in the state”, adding that the state workers would have to pay their deductions to the cooperative society as the state has stopped to make deductions from the source.
According to him in a release, “This is in fulfilment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise that their deduction arrears will be paid along with their August salaries.”
According to the statement, the pledge by Governor Makinde in a state broadcast in the wake of the week-long protest by the state NLC, the government released over N1.3bn as deductions and salaries for June, July, and August.
With this development, workers who choose to continue making cooperative contributions would have to work with their unions as the state government would no longer be making any deductions from the source.
The commissioner recalled that to date, many states have not complied with the minimum wage and still owe civil servants many months’ backlog of statutory deductions while Oyo state had complied with minimum wage payment three years ago and has now cleared its deductions.
The commissioner said that Governor Makinde enjoys the support of the over 71,000 Oyo state civil servants because of his genuine love for their welfare.
