Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has approved the payment of 50% of a consolidated basic salary of all health workers as their hazard allowance.
The governor, in a string of tweets, said he made the directives on Monday during a briefing on coronavirus management in the state.
In his tweet; “I have approved that all Health workers in the state be paid 50% of their consolidated basic salary as hazard allowance. Furthermore, all healthcare workers working directly in the Isolation Centre/Treatment Centre are to get an additional 20% of their 50% as special risk allowance.”
The Governor also ordered the employment of all the voluntary workers at the state infectious disease hospital into the public service.
” I have directed the immediate absorption into the public service the workers at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) and those working as volunteers with the Disease Surveillance team.”
I have directed the immediate absorption into the public service the workers at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) and those working as volunteers with the Disease Surveillance team.
— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) May 4, 2020
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