Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has dramatically improved the lives of 67 security guards at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital by more than quadrupling their monthly salary.
The intervention came after one of the guards made an emotional appeal to the governor during an event at the hospital.
Speaking tearfully, the guard explained their long-standing struggle for better pay.
“On the 1st of June, 2021, we raised placards asking for help. We’ve been here since before the hospital was completed. We are not staff but indigenes of Oyo State.
Please help us, we are suffering. I have a family and three children, and my age is fast running out. Please help us, your excellency,” he said.
When Governor Makinde asked about their earnings, the guard revealed they received only ₦18,800 monthly.
A hospital official explained that the workers were outsourced, with their contractor receiving ₦27,000 per guard.
The governor immediately announced a solution: “I can solve the problem right away by saying that all 67 should be converted directly to ad-hoc workers, and you will get ₦80,000 every month starting from the first of October.”
The announcement triggered jubilant celebrations among the guards and those present.
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