Retired HoS, Perm Secs task South-West governors on pensioners’ plight

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

The Association of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries successful the South-West (ARHOSPS–SWN) has urged governors successful the portion to tackle pressing challenges confronting citizens, peculiarly pensioners.

At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held successful Akure, the Ondo State capital, the radical listed unemployment, poverty, nutrient insecurity, and infrastructural deficits among cardinal issues requiring urgent attention.

President of the Ondo State chapter, Mrs. Grace Ajayi, lamented the waning nationalist assurance successful governance owed to escalating hardship. She appealed to South-West governors to “rejig the civilian service, traditionally considered the motor country of governance, by eliminating dysfunctionality and restoring efficiency.”

Ajayi stressed the request for improved payment of retirees, calling for punctual outgo of entitlements, harmonization of pensions, and systemic pension reform. She urged determination leaders to replicate the occurrence of the South-West Security Network, Amotekun, successful sectors specified arsenic transportation, education, healthcare, agrarian development, nutrient security, and younker empowerment.

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Segun Omojuwa, described ARHOSPS arsenic a noble and credible assemblage that has importantly shaped argumentation and governance successful the region. “Though retired, you are not tired,” helium told members, praising their continued contributions to nationalist sermon and argumentation development.

The politician highlighted the enduring relation of civilian servants successful governance, noting that galore of his administration’s achievements are rooted successful the instauration laid by their predecessors. He disclosed that Ondo State presently has 5 retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries serving successful the State Executive Council, with others contributing successful commissions.

Regional President of ARHOSPS, Dr. Ebenezer Okebukola, thanked South-West governors for their support, with peculiar appreciation to Governor Aiyedatiwa for facilitating logistics for the meeting.

Also speaking, Ondo State Chairman of the Permanent Secretaries Association, Chief Bunmi Alade, described the league taxable arsenic timely, stressing that retired technocrats stay invaluable for guiding the nationalist work done Nigeria’s existent challenges.

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