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Posted by: Mr. Babatunde
« on: October 18, 2017, 10:05:41 AM »



President Muhammadu Buhari has questioned how some governors go to bed and sleep when workers in their states have not been paid their salaries for months.

The President raised the concern on Tuesday in Abuja following growing complaints and agitations by workers in states over unpaid salaries and allowances, in spite of interventions by the Federal Government.

“How can anyone go to bed and sleep soundly when workers have not been paid their salaries for months”, Buhari told a meeting of select governors under the aegis of the Governors’ Forum in Abuja.

Governors of Ondo, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kwara, Akwa Ibom and the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State were part of the visit to the President.

The governors were led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdul’Aziz Abubakar Yari.

President Buhari at the meeting at State House said the plight of workers in the states need urgent attention as many could barely survive.

“I actually wonder how the workers feed their families, pay their rents and even pay school fees for their children,’’ he said.

The President told the governors that two out of the three-pronged focus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure the country and fight corruption had received some commendable reviews by the people, noting that the challenge in payment of salaries in states had taken a toll on the people.

“God has been merciful in hearing the prayers of his servants so the rainy season has been good, you can ask the Kebbi State governor on this, and our enormous food importation bill has gone down.’’

President Buhari said the Federal Government and state executives would need to work closer together to ameliorate the situation of workers across the country.

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