{
  "id": 5164552,
  "title": "Aiyedatiwa Flags Off Payment of N3.82bn Gratuities to 985 Retirees in Ondo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/aiyedatiwa-flags-off-payment-of-n3-82bn-gratuities-to-985-retirees-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T20:29:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/02/aiyedatiwa-flags-off-payment-of-n3-82bn-gratuities-to-985-retirees-in-ondo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, recently flagged off the payment of N3.82 billion gratuities to 985 retirees of the state public service. The exercise covers retirees from the 2015 to 2019 batches, as well as the 2020 batch, from various sectors such as the mainstream civil service, secondary school teaching, non-teaching staff, and parastatals. Governor Aiyedatiwa described the payment as a \"debt of honour being discharged\" to those who devoted their productive years to the service of Ondo State. The administration inherited billions in outstanding gratuity obligations, but confronted the burden with courage and responsibility.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ondo begins ₦3.82bn gratuity payment to 985 retirees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ondo-begins-3-82bn-gratuity-payment-to-985-retirees",
        "published": "2026-09-02T17:40:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}