Ex-Fashola Appointees Ask Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu To Pay Their Severance Benefits Nine Years Later

A group of political appointees in Lagos State who worked in Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration have asked President Bola Tinubu and the current state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to assist in the payment of their severance package, which is owed to them nine years after their service.
The appointees, under the umbrella of Forum of Lagos SSAs and SAs (2007-2015), lamented that for many years now, they have continued to plead with the previous governments to show mercy and pay them their due compensation after serving the state meritoriously, but to no avail, adding that “as government is a continuum, we believe that the people-loving Governor Sanwo-Olu and the father of the nation, President Tinubu, will hear our cries and console us with our due pa

The Forum’s leadership told journalists on Wednesday that they had asked previous governments to assist them, but nothing had been done. So we beg the president and the state governor once more to be merciful and pay us our severance package. They should consider the naira’s depreciation and the skyrocketing inflation rate, which has wreaked havoc on benefits due since 2015.”

The appointees, who were Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants, stated that they served the state with vigour, love, and dedication from 2007 to 2015.

They blamed the failure to pay their entitlements on the strained relationship between former Governor Fashola and his successor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who they claimed ignored all appointees’ requests to pay the severance benefits when he took office.

Some former Governor Fashola aides stated: “Most of us who worked in other establishments before joining the government lost our pensions and other entitlements and had to start over.

“Since then, most of them have been left out in the cold, and some of us have died without benefiting from our four to eight years of service to the state.”

“We are therefore appealing to the incumbent Governor Sanwo-Olu and our father, President Tinubu (who was also the state governor), to do the needful and assist us in facilitating the payment of our benefits before the end of his tenure.

“Because government is a continuum, there is no reason the previous government would not have paid us. We want the governor and president to use their positions I ensure that justice is done. “God bless them!”