Ekiti State Government has approved N250 million as palliatives for 10,000 households for five months to cushion the biting effect of the removal of subsidy on fuel by President Bola Tinubu.
The decision followed the submission of a report of a committee set up by Governor Biodun Oyebanji to propose urgent interventions that would soften the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy.
According to the Chairman of the committee, who doubles as the Commissioner for Finance, Akin Oyebode, other interventions included payment of one year’s leave bonus for state and local council workers.
“As a result of our engagement with the organised labour, the governor has now approved the immediate implementation of the recommendation.” Other highlights of the palliatives included payment of one month’s pension arrears for state and local council pensioners, implementation of consequential adjustment for workers on Grade Level 14-17 for state and local council workers, implementation of 90% CONHESS and 100 per cent hazard allowance for health workers in the councils and implementation of salary parity for clinical members of staff of the hospitals’ management board.
The rest are implementation of financial benefits of 2020 and 2021 promotions for state and local council workers and immediate payment of one month subvention arrears to tertiary institutions.