{
  "id": 12472201,
  "title": "Ogun pays N3.5bn severance to ex-LG officials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ogun-pays-n3-5bn-severance-to-ex-lg-officials-12472201",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T21:32:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ogun-pays-n3-5bn-severance-to-ex-lg-officials/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ogun State Government has paid ₦3.5 billion in severance allowances to former political office-holders in its 20 local governments and Local Council Development Areas. The payment, which totals ₦3,503,489,479.56, was made to 1,042 former officials who served between 2016 and 2024.\n\nThe beneficiaries include former chairmen, vice-chairmen, secretaries to local governments, supervisors, special advisers, and councillors. According to the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the settlement reflects the administration's policy of ensuring that legitimate inherited liabilities are not left unpaid.\n\nThe payment was made after verification and reconciliation by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. Daily Post Nigeria reports that the beneficiaries have hailed the state government for clearing the outstanding severance allowances, describing the payment as a demonstration of the government's commitment to good governance and the welfare of political office-holders.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Ex-LG office holders hail Ogun as state clears ₦3.5bn severance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ex-lg-office-holders-hail-ogun-as-state-clears-3-5bn-severance",
        "published": "2026-10-06T20:54:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ogun pays N3.5bn severance to ex-LG officials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ogun-pays-n3-5bn-severance-to-ex-lg-officials",
        "published": "2026-10-06T21:00:18.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}