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20 States still owe pensions and salaries – BudgIT | TheCable by realjoker(m): 6:07pm On Jun 06, 2017 |
Workers in Kogi, Abia, Oyo, Benue, Ondo and Ekiti states have not received salaries in 2017, a survey conducted by BudgIT, a civic tech organisation, has shown. In a statement on Tuesday, the organisation said up to 20 states owe their workers including pensioners their entitlements ranging from one to 36 months. BudgIT said it decided to conduct a qualitative analysis of the frequency of salary payment of six different categories of workers in all the 36 states. It revealed that the survey covered primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, local government workers, state independent workers, pensioners and state secretariat workers. “In particular, we discovered that many states have defaulted in the payments of pensions and gratuities,” the statement read. “From the survey carried out, we discovered that apart from the fact that 16 states which are yet to pay the pensions of former civil servants in their service, 8 of these states have not paid their pensioners at least 12 months’ pensions, while states like Imo, Taraba and Niger owe pensions of about 2 to 3 years. “Notably, these pensioners expressed how unhappy they are, their dissatisfaction with the government and how hard it has been for them to survive. “In addition to outstanding pensions, we note from our survey, that across all categories, states like Kogi, Abia, Benue, Oyo, Ekiti and Ondo have not paid their workers’ salaries for this year 2017; owing at least 4 months’ salary. However, the likes of Lagos and Rivers have been consistently impressive with their up to date and full payment of civil servants’ remuneration. SUMMARY SALARY OUTSTANDING 2. “There have been several newspaper publications on states’ civil servants being owed salaries and we are also aware that due to the recent economic downturn FAAC allocations to states and their internally generated revenue have reduced drastically making them unable to pay their staff salaries and run their states effectively.” BudgIT asked the federal government to “tighten its accountability structures” in response to the promise of governors to pay salaries after another tranche of Paris Club refund is released. “State governors have recently canvassed that the federal government should provide another tranche of Paris Club refund to offset salaries and other liabilities,” the statement read. “We hereby ask the federal government should tighten its accountability structures for the series of extra-statutory funds that are provided to state government, which currently has reached N1.75tn. ![]() “State governments need to more in terms of transparency and the use of funds… it is pertinent to state here that only Bauchi, Kogi, Kano, Kaduna, Edo, Gombe and Yobe have provided their full 2017 budgets to the public. https://www.thecable.ng/kogi-abia-oyo-among-six-states-havent-paid-workers-2017 |
Re: 20 States still owe pensions and salaries – BudgIT | TheCable by OlujobaSamuel: 6:29pm On Jun 06, 2017 |
whaoo |
Re: 20 States still owe pensions and salaries – BudgIT | TheCable by hucienda: 7:29pm On Jun 06, 2017 |
I see the states with perfect records. Keep up the good job! |
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