Workers in the Ogun State civil service are worried over their future as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) alleged that the state government had failed to remit their pension deductions for five years. The state chapter of NLC decried the state government’s failure to pay the contributory pension deductions, saying that the workers were becoming restless and fast losing hope of survival when eventually they retire from service.
Chairman of the congress, Comrade Akeem Ambali, said in Abeokuta, the state capital, there were unremitted pension deductions, cooperative deductions, gratuities and check off dues, among others. He said: “We have backlog of unpaid contributory pension scheme deductions of 60 months; we also have unpaid check off dues of seven months.
“We have unpaid co-operatives and other deductions of about eight months. We also have outstanding payment of gratuity from November 2012 till date that has not been paid to retirees.” Ambali, who advised the state government to treat workers’ welfare as a priority, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent bailout of states.
He, however, warned state governors not to divert the bail out funds provided by Federal Government to settle other debts, stressing that the bail out would only be a bonus to the state government since the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, had promised to pay all unremitted co-operatives deductions by this end of the month. Ambali said: “Now that we are having bailout from the Federal government, workers are afraid that some governors may use that money to settle other areas. We are not saying Ogun State government would do that, but we are being pro-active.
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