….Osun former HOS faults Aregbesola over pension arrears
Former Head of Service, HOS, in Osun State, Mr. Segun
Akinwusi, has berated Osun State government under governor Rauf Aregbesola for
blaming him for its inability to pay pensions and gratuities of the retired
civil servants in the state.
Pensioners in the state on Monday staged a peaceful protest in
major streets of Osogbo, halting commercial activities partially in the state
capital over the failure of the state government to pay their emoluments.
However, the state Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic
Planning, Dr Wale Bolorunduro blamed Akinwusi for forcing the state workers to
go on massive retirement in 2012, thereby making it difficult for government to
pay their accumulated pensions and gratuities.
But Akinwusi while reacting to the allegation, said it is
laughable for the state government to blame him for its failures.
He said in a statement issued in Osogbo yesterday that; “I
retired six months before the retirements. The Contributory Pensions Scheme Law
was enacted by the state House of Assembly in 2009. I am not the one who made
the law. So, I cannot be the one who forced civil servants to retire.”
“I alerted the governor about the mass retirement coming and he
was happy that people are leaving the service but I warned him that although
salaries will go down, but pensions will go up and that we should be
proactive,” he added.
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