Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved increased subvention to cover payment of minimum wage, payment of 2016 and 2017 arrears as well as payment of the salaries of 177 members of staff who were recalled.
The governor who visited the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso also discussed the challenges facing the hospital and also approved payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance to frontline workers.
Governor Makinde disclosed this on Twitter on Wednesday.
Today, we visited the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso to discuss the challenges in the hospital. I conveyed my approval on a number of these issues:
1. Payment of 2014 corrected CONMESS.
2. Payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance. pic.twitter.com/JBxzgs7CcF— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) August 12, 2020
He assured that these payments will be made by the end of August.
Makinde also said a team will be set up to screen the 46 staff members who were disengaged from Monday, August 17, adding that “if the screening is successful, they will be reinstated.”
The governor further approved the implementation of a pilot study for semi-autonomy for selected secondary healthcare facilities and implementation of residency training and placement of doctors who have completed their residency training from 2021.
While at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, this afternoon, we commissioned the Patients Relative Building and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) building built and donated by the Ogbomoso Pivotal Club. We also inspected the isolation centre that is being constructed. pic.twitter.com/5TLqWltozU
— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) August 12, 2020
Makinde reiterated that although most of these issues were inherited from the previous administration, his government is committed to resolving them while at the same time, ensuring that the good people of Oyo State reap all the benefits of good governance.
