{
  "id": 6254779,
  "title": "Oyo 2027: Civil servants wait for seven to 10 years before receiving entitlements – ADC guber candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/oyo-2027-civil-servants-wait-for-seven-to-10-years-before-receiving",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T07:31:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/08/oyo-2027-civil-servants-wait-for-seven-to-10-years-before-receiving-entitlements-adc-guber-candidate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, the Action Democratic Congress gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, has revealed that retired civil servants often face a lengthy wait of seven to 10 years before receiving their entitlements. This issue is described as worrisome and unfortunate by Adegoke, who addressed the people of Oyo East, Oyo West, Atiba, and Afijio local government areas on Monday. The ADC candidate criticized the existing pension and gratuity payment methods, calling them archaic, and emphasized that this is the reason most retired civil servants are not receiving their entitlements on time. He proposed a change in the system, stating that retired civil servants should be enrolled in the pension scheme the month following their retirement, and that the gratuity process should commence before retirement. This would allow retirees to immediately benefit from their pension upon retirement.",
  "summary": "Gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Congress, ADC, in Oyo State, Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, has said that retired civil servants in the state usually wait for seven to 10 years before receiving their entitlements. Adegoke lamented that the majority of retired civil servants in the state usually wait for seven to 10 years before they […] Oyo 2027: Civil servants wait for seven to 10…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Civil servants on boards must be active, voice views, says Chief Secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/civil-servants-on-boards-must-be-active-voice-views-says-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-08T06:49:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}