The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has again approved the release of the sum of N6, 432, 924,257.62 for the payment of gratuities and other entitlements for retired workers in the state.
In a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ekerete Udoh, N1,000,000,000 will be used as payment of gratuities for retired primary school teachers (SUBEB); N500, 000, 000 for the payment of gratuities of retired local government workers, N2,220,524,257.62 for the payment of gratuities, pension arrears, and enbloc for state retired Civil Service workers, N597,400,000.00, for the 2014 leave grant for local government workers; and N2,115,000.000.00 representing the payment for leave grant for workers in the State Civil Service.
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The recent release brings the amount to N28 billion that the state government has so far disbursed for the payments of gratuities and other entitlements since Eno’s assumption of office on May 29, 2023.