By Funmi Adekoya
Governor Ademola Adeleke has pleaded with banks’ Chief Executive Officers in Nigeria to reopen their closed branches in towns across Osun State, assuring them of renewed security.
A statement by Governor’s Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed indicates that the Governor made the appeal at the opening of the renovated Ede branch of First Bank of Nigeria.
Governor Adeleke said his administration had restrategised the security architecture of the state to secure every towns and villages.
He noted that the security situation which was the reason for the closing of Banks’ branches at Ila, Iree, Ikirun, Iwo and other areas of the state had been resolved.
The Governor, while commending the First Bank for its partnership with Osun State, said his administration was prepared to deepen partnership with financial institutions and private organizations in the state.
Meanwhile, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved almost half a billion naira to 734 pensioners who are retirees under the old pension scheme, who are Local Government Staff and Primary School teachers.
The Governor, according to a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Local Government Staff Pension Bureau, Mr. Akibu Ibrahim, said the retirees who are under the old pension scheme had been captured in the tranche.
The statement directs pensioners who have less than five hundred thousand naira balance with the state government to visit the Local Government Staff Pension Bureau for proper documentation and payment.
Recall that, Governor Adeleke has promised not to take with levity the welfare of the people of Osun, hence his resolve to continue to pay the inherited debt by the previous government and offsetting backlog of workers’ salary and pensioners.
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