Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been called upon to release enough funds to cater for the retirement benefits, modulated salary arrears outstanding, and other deductions of pensioners in the state without further delay

The pensioners accused the Governor and other agencies of government of not yielding to their plight despite uncountable series of reminders efforts made in the past threatened to apply legal means should government fail to yield to their demand.

They expressed dissatisfaction over the way they were being treated.
Addressing reporters in Osogbo, Osun state capital, Chairman, Joint Forum of Contributory Pensioners, Comrade Gbenga Oyadare said the Government has breached Contributory Pension Scheme Law in reference to sections 5(b) and 7, pages 18 and 19 of the Extant Osun State Contributory Pension Law of 2008.

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He advised Oyetola to apply for 50 billion loan to offset their entitlement since he had claimed that the state is incapacitated to raise the fund itself.

“The governor should apply the same method he used to build Olaiya Iconic Flyover bridge where over 2billion naira was expended to pay the entitlement of Pensioners. We have an option for the Governor and the option is that he should go and borrow at least a sum of 50 billon naira to settle our entitlement.”

He accused the former governor of the state and current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of deducting from their salary and refusing to remit it, describing Aregbesola’s action as criminal.

Oyadare, however, appealed to the state government to issue the contributory pensioners, letters of promotions that they were due for, while in the service of the state.

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“These promotions should be equally monetized, to give the beneficiaries, a good sense of belonging, while still serving.” he Said

He said the pensioners would have no other option than to take the Osun government to court should their demand and appealed not considered.

According to him, the government should pay the accrued of penal fine of at least two percent on the money deducted from our salaries including the government counterpart fund it failed to remit to our Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to avoid legal action.

He said the government has continuously depriving them of their entitlements and thereby making life unbearable for the them and there family.