In an effort to ensure the
payment of two months salaries promised workers and pensioners in the state,
Benue State executive council, on Rhursday, approved that the Ministry of
Finance should obtain an overdraft of N8 billion.
Recall that while suspending
the indefinite strike embarked upon by the state workers on Tuesday night, the
organised labour and the state government had agreed that two months salaries
be paid to all categories of workers and pensioners in the state between
Thursday and Friday this week.
Commissioner for Information
and Orientation, Mr. Lawrence Onoja Jnr, while briefing newsmen at the end of
the Executives council meeting presided over by Governor Samuel Ortom on
Thursday evening, disclosed that the state government would join allocations
for the months of August and September with the N8 billion to pay the two
months salaries and pension.
Onoja said the overdraft was in
line with the recent agreement reached between the state government and
organized labour and added that payments to the two categories of people would
be effected without delay.
While also intimating newsmen
of council’s approval of the termination of appointments of contract staff, the
Information Commissioner who explained that the measure was to scale down
government expenditure, also stated that the council equally agreed that the
Tertseah Ikyaabo salary verification committee report should be immediately
implemented in order to save costs.
Onoja said N73 million was
approved for the purchase of fire fighting equipment for Makurdi while that of
Otukpo, Gboko and Katsina-Ala would be purchased later.
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