Standup9ja: Governors resolve to pay backlog of salaries
The 36 state governors Thursday night resolved to offset the
backlog of salaries and pension arrears owed civil servants as soon as the next
tranche of payment from the Paris-London Club loan refunds are made.
A statement issued yesterday on behalf of the forum by its
head, media & public affairs, Abulrazque B. Barkindo, said the decision was
taken in Abuja at a meeting hosted Thursday night by the Chairman of the
Nigeria Governors Forum and governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari
Abubakar.
The governors met in anticipation of the release of the
other half of the Paris-London Club refundexpected within the month.
They resolved as a matter of urgency to pay workers their
due as soon as this half of the refunds is paid. “We all agreed that a substantial
amount from the next tranche of the Paris-London refunds be used in the
settlement of workers’ salaries and pension arrears,” Abubakar said. Out of the
N522.74bn owed, N388.304 was paid to the states last December.
The governors also committed to the verification of the
input of all the consultants who claimed to have worked towards the
harmonization of the refunds regarding what is due to each state since 2005
when the demand for refunds began.
A committee was set up under the leadership of Governor Femi
Akeredolu of Ondo State with the governors of Bauchi, Sokoto, Plateau, Bayelsa,
Rivers and a former Accountant General of the Federation and Gombe State
governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, as members to work on litigations from consultants
agitating for settlement for their roles in the quest to have the refunds made
to states.
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