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With respect to questions and some misconceptions from some feelers, it became necessary once again to put the records straight as it relates to salary payment in Abia State.
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It is worthy of note that Abians have elected executive members of various LGAs in Abia State who receives allocations from the federation account and also generate revenues internally for their internal operations.
Also, it is on record that the current administration in Abia State, led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, does not and will not tamper with LGA allocations.
Governor Ikpeazu only advised against LGAs borrowing from commercial banks to fund salary payments, for obvious reasons.
Statutorily, the Local Government Councils pay LGA staff, primary school teachers and LGA pensioners alike.
Similarly, Abia state government does not pay salary of workers in parastatals like Abia State Polytechnic, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Abia State University, Uturu, etc. Parastatals are revenue generating units that are legally free to use their revenue to run their operations. The state government only pays subventions to those parastatals to help bridge revenue inflow gaps, where there are such gaps.
State governments in Nigeria pay state workers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), secondary school teachers and state pensioners.
It will be recalled that Abia state govt already paid our MDAs December 2017 Salary and also paid N426m to secondary school teachers and N400m to state pensioners. (We are in the first week of January 2018.)
Teachers and pensioners will receive more payments in the coming days as the Labour led committee that is disbursing the N5.7b 3rd tranche Paris Club Refund completes their work. Governor Ikpeazu directed that N3.2b, out of the N5.7b, be used to augment salary payments, especially to teachers and pensioners in Abia State.
It should be recalled that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu authorized the payment of 100% of the second tranche of Paris Club Refund (N5.7b) to workers. He remains the only Governor in Nigeria that gave all the received second tranche refunds to workers.
Thank you.
Information is from Chief John Okiyi Kalu, edited by Abia Online
Also, it is on record that the current administration in Abia State, led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, does not and will not tamper with LGA allocations.
Governor Ikpeazu only advised against LGAs borrowing from commercial banks to fund salary payments, for obvious reasons.
Statutorily, the Local Government Councils pay LGA staff, primary school teachers and LGA pensioners alike.
Similarly, Abia state government does not pay salary of workers in parastatals like Abia State Polytechnic, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Abia State University, Uturu, etc. Parastatals are revenue generating units that are legally free to use their revenue to run their operations. The state government only pays subventions to those parastatals to help bridge revenue inflow gaps, where there are such gaps.
State governments in Nigeria pay state workers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), secondary school teachers and state pensioners.
It will be recalled that Abia state govt already paid our MDAs December 2017 Salary and also paid N426m to secondary school teachers and N400m to state pensioners. (We are in the first week of January 2018.)
Teachers and pensioners will receive more payments in the coming days as the Labour led committee that is disbursing the N5.7b 3rd tranche Paris Club Refund completes their work. Governor Ikpeazu directed that N3.2b, out of the N5.7b, be used to augment salary payments, especially to teachers and pensioners in Abia State.
It should be recalled that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu authorized the payment of 100% of the second tranche of Paris Club Refund (N5.7b) to workers. He remains the only Governor in Nigeria that gave all the received second tranche refunds to workers.
Thank you.
Information is from Chief John Okiyi Kalu, edited by Abia Online
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