Former members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have appealed to the State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, to pay their severance allowances which the government owes them.
A former deputy speaker of the Assembly, Mr Dare Emiola, on behalf of other colleagues, made the appeal at the inauguration of the newly renovated House of Assembly Complex in Akure, the state capital.
Governor Akeredolu had approved the renovation of the state Assembly complex following a report that snakes chased out the lawmakers during a plenary session in July 2019.
Until the renovation was completed, the lawmakers had been having their plenary sessions inside a small apartment on the premises of the Assembly.
Emiola, who is the Chairman of the state House of Assembly Service Commission, was among those who commended Akeredolu for development.
He said, “I left this House in 2015. Since we left the House, we have some set of lawmakers who came after us, but our severance allowance has not been paid. We want to appeal to the governor to pay the allowances.”
But Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Luck Aiyedatiwa, who represented the governor, said the issue of the severance allowance of the former lawmakers would be resolved.
In his remarks, the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, lauded the state governor for carrying out the renovation of the Assembly complex, saying the development was historic.
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