20,000 road sweepers employed in Ogun State

Governor Ibikunle Amosun is on his way towards meeting up with the target of his administration by the recent employment of 20,000 sanitary workers that will keep the state clean. The governor had assured the newly employed of placing them on a monthly salary that will be above the N18,000 minimum wage.
Amosun revealed this at the 2013 Budget Town Hall Meeting, which held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.
He said the state found itself by paying millions of naira for refuse disposal equipment prior to the employment exercise, adding that 3,000 and 4,000 of those employed have been sent to Abeokuta and Ilaro respectively.
“We all know how (dirty) the roads were before now. Initially, we were paying payloaders N400, 000 per day. The trailer that would carry the pay loader would charge N600, 000,” he said.
Governor Amosun assured that his administration will make sure unemployment becomes something of the past citing the Farm Settlements being rehabilitated by the state to tackle unemployment, amongst other interventions.
He added that basic infrastructures are not left out.
“We have awarded contracts for some of our own major roads in the three senatorial districts in the state and they will be of Ogun standard when completed,” he said. “The Ibara-Totoro Road has offered us a good example of the Ogun standard.”
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