Just In : Governor releases N4.755bn for payment of gratuities, others
GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has authorized released the sum of N4.755billion for the payment of gratuities, bonuses promised public service workers and wardrobe allowance for teachers in public primary, Secondary and technical Schools.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Ekerete Udoh who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, said the effort was in fulfillment of his campaign promises to retirees, civil servants and teachers in the state.
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Udoh stated, “The breakdown of the release of these funds, which will help cushion the effect of the current harsh economic situation, is as follows:
“The sum of 2.3 billion Naira is for the payment of gratuities for retired state civil servants, retired primary school teachers, and retired local government workers.
“The sum of 1.1 billion Naira is for the one-off payment of Wardrobe Allowance for twenty thousand, three hundred and forty-five (20,345) public primary school, technical college, and secondary school teachers.
“One billion Naira for the payment of bonuses (twenty thousand Naira) to each of the 52 thousand public service workers, as announced by the Governor during the recently concluded Public Service Week events.
“The Governor has also released the sum of 79 million Naira for the award of full scholarships for four Akwa Ibom indigenes who were recently granted admission to study the Standard Pilot Course and Standard Air Traffic Control Course at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria.
“Additionally, 104 million Naira has been released as the first tranche payment of the 2024 primary school teachers’ Leave Grant, and 172 million Naira as a severance gratuity package for Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of local government councils who served from 2018-2022”
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor explained that the release of the funds further deepened the compassionate bonafides of his boss towards the downtrodden, which also he had promised to champion.
“The construction of Arise Compassionate Homes throughout the state, which he is currently being celebrated for, the monthly 50 thousand Naira palliative for elderly throughout the state, the free medical outreach programmes he has been funding, the Arise Free Food Voucher programme executed under the Bulk Purchase Agency, the 2 billion Naira interest-free loans to traders as well as Arewa, Yoruba, Igbo and Niger Delta communities in the state, the 500 thousand Naira grant given to each of the over 800 budding entrepreneurs under the IBOM-LED Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme (EAP), the payment of bursary and other educational grants, among other infusion of funds towards the expansion of soft infrastructure while also executing bold and audacious hard infrastructure, define Governor Eno as a man who has kept faith with his campaign promises”, Udoh stressed.
