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Contrary to claims by Trade Union Congress that only Lagos state remains the only state not indebted to workers, the Akwa Ibom state government on Sunday said it was prompt in the payment of salaries and emoluments of its workers. Speaking to Vanguard, the Akwa Ibom state Commissioner for Information and Strategy,

Mr. Charle Udoh said the state government does not owe any worker as the welfare of the workers was paramount to the state government knowing full well that the civil service is the engine that drives the policies and programmes of government.


“We are not owing anybody’s salary. This government takes prompt payment of salary as a priority and that is why we can talk about it openly. Why are we doing this? We know that if we don’t pay salaries, the engine that drives the society will be grounded. And we can’t afford to owe salaries of civil servants. Even in November when we did not receive allocation, we paid salaries. In December, we paid on the 20th before Christmas. So, not one person is owed. This government takes payment of salaries seriously.


There are states in Nigeria that do not even know when and how to pay backlog of salaries. There are states also that are negotiating on how to pay backlog of salaries of workers. Akwa Ibom Government has people oriented face. Our governor realizes that the future of having economic renaissance depends on the youths and you can’t do that without education and that is why we are also paying for the enrolment of students in school certificate examinations.”

 

 

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