Exclusive: Kwara LG workers, others may get 2-month salary, today ...as state confirms receipt of Paris Club refund

Date: 2017-12-19

Local government workers in the state may soon heave a sigh of relief over the prolonged salary crisis rocking the third tier of government as the present administration has reportedly began a systematic arrangement to offset the backlog.

To this end, affected workers in the state, it was gathered, have been scheduled to get two months salaries as part of efforts to gradually resolve the salary impasse.

Others that were also said to have been listed to benefit the payment included the pensioners and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) workers.

A top source who spoke on the issue on strict anonymity, last night, said payment of the salaries will commence today (Monday).

This development is coming just as the state government confirmed the receipt of its share from the last tranche of the Paris Club Loan Refund. It was however not clear, last night the actual amount accrued to the state from the refund with unconfirmed reports putting the figure at over N7 billion. Speaking further on the issue, the source said, "The state government is working on modalities to offset the backlog on a gradual process. "As from Monday, the local government workers, pensioners and SUBEB staff will begin to receive alert for two months salaries. "This is part of the gradual process to ensure that all the outstanding salaries of the workers are paid. The government has received the last tranche of the Paris Club Loan Refund which has been rolled into the 2018 budget for human and infrastructural developments," he added.

Recall that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed released the sum of NI billion to local government councils in the state after it received the second tranche of the Paris Club Refund few months ago.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, Dr Muideen Akorede confirmed during a Radio Programme that the state had received the money adding that it has been incorporated into the 2018 budget.

President Muhammadu Buhari last month shortly before concluding plans to further release the money met with the state governors over the workers' plight and directed that they should be paid before Christmas.

Following the directive, the Federal Ministry of Finance held FAAC meeting last week before the traditional period of 20-25 of every month.

The Kwara State Government subsequently released the details of its December allocation after its Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting where the Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu said the state got over N3.3billion as its share of the federal allocation for the month of December 2017, one of its highest in the recent time.

He said the 16 LGs got a total of N2. 3 billion as allocation for the month of December as against the over N2 billion received last month.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Hassan Taiye Salam     Aliyu Sabi     Muslim Cementary     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Oba Abdulrahim     Emir Of Lafiagi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Bankole Omisore     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Forgo Battery     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Okin Biscuit     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Iyeru Grammar School     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Kwara State Polytechnic     Offa     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ike Ekweremadu     Universal Basic Education Commission     Ayodele Olaosebikan     TVC Female National Debate     General Hospital, Ilorin     Oyun     Moses Rahman Popoola     Abubakar Suleiman     Moshood Bakare     Obuh     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Seed Technologies     08001000100     Hijab     Baboko Primary School     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Igbomina     Peter Amogbonjaye     Abegunde Goke     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Muhammed Aliyu     Congress For National Consensus     Talaka Parapo     Ilesha-Baruba     Adanla-Irese     Asa LGEA School     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Gbemisola Saraki     SSUCOEN     Garba Idris Ajia     Mufutau Olatinwo     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Olugbense     Deji Ajani     Voices Of Tomorrow     Kwara Restoration Project     Haliru Yahaya     Kaosarah Adeyi     Aliyu Adebayo     Sheikh Alimi     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Facebook     Makama Of Kaiama     Kwara State Television     Transition Implementation Committee     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     March 28     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     SARS     Sherif Shagaya     Marafan Shonga     Galadima     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sayomi     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Saheed Akinwumi     Lateef Fagbemi     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Ilorin Amusement Park     Rashidi Yekini     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Abatemi-Usman     Ahmad Ali     Kwara State Polytechnic     Bello Oyedepo     Oba Of Jebba     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Sai Kayi     Aminat Omodara     Kola Adesina     Mufutau Olatinwo     Roheemat Hammed     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Omotoso Musa     Oke-Kura     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Emir Of Shonga     Cornelius Adebayo     Sambo Murtala     Jide Oyinloye     Ilorin Emirate     Basit Olatunji     Opobiyi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Issa Baba     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Okanlawon Taiwo     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Hijab     Valsolar     FERMA     Nigerian Correctional Service     Erubu     BIR     Wahab Agbaje     Egbejila     Temi Kolawole     Maryam A. Garuba     Kassim Babamale     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Salman Alada     Popo-Igbonna     Agboola Abdulraheem     Boko Haram     Aliyu Alhassan     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Mohammed Haruna     Moronfoye     GANZY     Amos Justus Sayo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Curfew     Okin Malt     Gbugbu International Market     Tosin Saraki     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Baaziki Sulaiman     Segun Abifarin     Balogun Fulani     Bello Abubakar     General Hospital, Offa     Kemi Adeosun     Arik     Olosi Of Osi     NTA Ilorin