{"id":646770,"date":"2019-06-28T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>By Dayo Johnson<\/p>\n<p>OSOGBO\u2014SCORES of retired civil servants in the employment of the Osun State government, yesterday, trooped to the major streets in Osogbo, the state capital to protest the non-payment of 13 mont"},"modified":"2019-06-28T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:52:00","slug":"when-osun-retirees-protest-13-month-unpaid-entitlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/when-osun-retirees-protest-13-month-unpaid-entitlements\/","title":{"rendered":"When Osun retirees protest 13 month unpaid entitlements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>By Dayo Johnson<\/p>\n<p>OSOGBO\u2014SCORES of retired civil servants in the employment of the Osun State government, yesterday, trooped to the major streets in Osogbo, the state capital to protest the non-payment of 13 months\u00a0pension arrears and other outstanding debts owed by the state government and called for the probe of the immediate governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1057227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1057227\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057227 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"Oyetola\" width=\"357\" height=\"250\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Oyetola-pix.jpg\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057227 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561733520_953_Oyetola-pix.jpg\" alt=\"Oyetola\" width=\"357\" height=\"250\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1057227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oyetola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>50 African-Americans arrive Benin City to trace their roots<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The retirees, armed with placards with different inscriptions such as <em>EFCC should probe Aregbesola, Retirees are dying, Pension, Gratuity is our right, pay us our entitlements, Denying us our entitlements is an act of wickedness and callousness<\/em> among others said APC led government has made life miserable for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Forum of 2011\/2012 Pensioners, Mr. Yemi Lawal, declared that Osun\u2019s retirees were the most traumatized in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal urged Governor Gboyega Oyetola to use N6.3 billion Paris Club fund he received recently from the Federal Government to offset their arrears.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cRecently, Federal Government released another tranche of Paris club fund with a sum of\u00a0N6.3bilion to Governor Gboyega Oyetola to offset salaries and pension arrears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is quite unfortunate that the state government has diverted the money to other frivolous things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our children were out of schools because we are unable to pay their school feel,\u00a0 so we are suffering the pathetic situation is that those who retired under contributing pensioners since 2015 they contributed while in service the state government refused to release the counterpart fee up till now they were not pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get your facts correct before protest\u2014Govt<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Oyetola, Adeniyi Adesina denied the allegation that the state government had received a new Paris club refund, saying no state has ever received any refund in the recent time.<\/p>\n<p>He advised the retirees to get their heart together before making frivolous allegations against the state government.<\/p>\n<p>On salaries, pension arrears and gratuity, Adeniyi said the administration of Gboyega Oyetola is making frantic efforts to ensure prompt payment of all 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