Akeredolu Approves 50% Of Salaries As Hazard Allowance For Health Workers

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has approved the payment of 50% of 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 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 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 additional 20% of their 50% as special risk allowance. pic.twitter.com/CtA7fVDpQU

— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) May 4, 2020