Salary crisis-Buhari Meets With State Governors Tomorrow
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President Buhari is scheduled to meet with Governors of
36 States tomorrow to address the dire economic troubles of the issue
of unpaid civil servant workers across the country.
State governments not paying workers has been a major issue in recent
months, most notoriously in Osun State where workers have been without
pay for months.
This meeting was called after an appeal by the 36 State Governors for
a Presidential intervention into the empty accounts and inability to
pay civil and State servants. The focus of the meeting will be the
sourcing of funds to enable the affected States to pay their debts.
Governor Aregbesola of Osun State has been under intense pressure by
the civil servants in his State. His spokesman, Semiu Okanlawon, told
SaharaReporters that “this issue [financial instability and inability to
pay workers] didn’t start today, we gave enough notice to Nigerians
that this was a problem.”
He added, “we are not surprised about this issue.”
Mr. Okanlawon also told SaharaReporters that “[Governor Aregbesola]
is optimistic that the result from these meetings” will be good for the
people of Osun State.
He also admitted that the federal government giving money to States
to pay workers will need to be part of the solution. Mr. Okanlawon also
said that “States need to raise revenue so we don’t rely on the federal
government.”
Another government official from a State in fiscal crisis told
Vanguard that “the President has graciously accepted our overtures to
him to help us. Some of us are owing workers over nine months salary
arrears and this has brought activities in the public service to a
standstill.”
The 18 States that are currently indebted to their workers are Abia,
Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano,
Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Zamfara.
A source from the executive government reported that resolving this
issue may force the Federal Government to draw from depleting external
reserves.
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