Ondo
State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday signed the controversial
Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) into law amidst controversy trailing the
introduction of the bill to the state workforce.
Governor
Mimiko said the Bill was passed and signed into law in the interest of the
civil servants who will benefit immensely from the.............
scheme.
scheme.
Addressing government functionaries at the Cocoa Banquet Hall of
the Government House in Akure, Mimiko disclosed that the poor sensitisation of
workers on the benefits of the bill was the reason behind the controversy.
The
governor, who further revealed that the Contributory Pension Scheme is a matter
of law which every worker in the state must key into, denied insinuations that
it was another means of taxing the civil servants in the state.
LEADERSHIP had reported penultimate week that workers in the
state armed with placards protested at the State House of Assembly over the
introduction of the bill in the state.
Many
of the civil servants had also alleged that the introduction of the bill was to
further ‘impoverish’ them, and vowed to use every legal means available to them
to stop the state government by grounding all its activities if what they
described as “hurried and forceful commencement of implementation of the
scheme” without their consent was not reversed.
While promising that his administration will be transparent in
the execution of the scheme, Mimiko commended labour leaders in the state
for their patience and cooperation since the inception of his administration.
Earlier,
the attorney-general and commissioner for justice in the state, Eyitayo Jegede
commended the lawmakers for the quick passage of the bill and assured the
people that the scheme would ensure their socio-economic wellbeing.
Source: Leadership
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