Kogi pays LG workers 50 per cent salary advance

Workers in some local government areas of Kogi State during the week got not only their full July salary, but also 50 percent arrears for August.

Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!

The state government in a circular directed full payment of workers’ salary in the 21 local government areas.

Workers in Lokoja LG for example got additional 50 percent salary arrears for August, which the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abubakar Sadiq Ainoko attributed to “money available to it”.

The commissioner said in the month of July, the Federation Account Allocation Committee released a supplementary allocation tagged non-oil revenue, to the state.

Addressing a press conference in Lokoja yesterday, he said the money received from the non-oil revenue allocation made it possible for the council workers to receive their complete salaries.

“I am happy to inform you that with the allocation, all LGs paid 100 percent of salary in the month of July, while Lokoja LGA went a step further to pay another month arrears of 50 percent”, he said.

He commended authorities of all the LGAs for complying with the guidelines given to them on payment of salaries.

He called for understanding from the workers, saying over 80 percent of allocation to LGs is expended on salaries.

“If the allocation to LG is N500 million today, over 80 percent of it will go to workers’ salary. It is what comes from the federal government that is used by the LGs to service salaries, and there is no way the state will not pay workers”, he said.

The chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Tom Abutu commended the state government for attending to the issue of arrears workers’ salary, saying has acted well.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here