The Oyo State Government has announced that it will commence free transportation service to and from the office for civil servants in the state with effect from January.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi disclosed this at an interactive session he held with workers at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Ibadan.
He said the buses that would be used to run the social welfare scheme would be distributed to various locations to convey the workers to the state secretariat in the morning and return them to the same locations after the close of work.
Governor Ajimobi also announced the payment of 13th month salary for the civil servants.
He also announced that the workers should close for work on Monday, December 24 by 12 noon so as to allow them prepare for the Christmas celebrations the following day.
The governor also approved 100 per cent increase in car loans for the workers and that the taxes being deducted from their salaries had been reduced by 48 per cent.
While promising more welfare packages for the civil servants, he, however, charged them to generate ideas for his administration that would further help the revenue generation drive of government.