Makinde pays gratuity of retired Water Corporation Director on sick bed

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has paid the full gratuity of the retired Director of Water Corporation of Oyo State, Engineer Oladimeji Oladapo Bamidele, who was shown on sick bed in a viral video last week.
Several checks around Oyo Government House on Thursday and Friday confirmed that Bamidele’s gratuity has been paid.
Sources close to the Water Corporation of Oyo State, where Bamidele retired, said that the Chairman, Mr. Anthony Ademola Adepoju, handed the cheque to the sick director’s representative on August 12.
“We have it on good authority that Governor Seyi Makinde ordered the payment of Bamidele’s gratuity solely on compassionate ground. The cheque was handed over to representatives of the family.
“The governor approved the payment on compassionate grounds. Makinde had cleared arrears of gratuities from 2010 to 2013 before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic”.