The Kogi State chairman of the Congress, Comrade Onuh Edoka, who stated this during the 7th quadrennial delegates’ conference in Lokoja, said that workers are owed between seven to 30 months salary arrears by the state government.
He appealed to the state government to do something urgent to reverse the negative trend, which he said has made it impossible for them to meet their obligations to their dependants.
In addition, the chairman regretted that workers are being owed their leave bonuses, while promotion carried out by the government were not being cash backed as such promotions only existed on papers. Worse still are the local government workers who are being paid ridiculous percentage salaries spanning several years.
The Ministry of Local Government has become a Government of its own.
Edoka therefore called on the Federal Government to release the balance of N30.8 billion bailout fund to enable the government to defray the salary arrears owed workers in the state.
From Daily Post
So sad
ReplyDeleteIs this how we are going to keep watching these people in government destroy us and our country? Countries are kicking out bad government and we Nigeria’s are just sitting down and doing nothing. Before anyone says I should lead the way, I led my own way with my family when I left Nigeria in 1990
DeleteThe governor is just wicked and because Aso Rock is his second home,he cant be cautioned.
ReplyDeleteDont be surprised some people will still vote for him.
anupama.
Una never see anything fah! He stays in Abj while his chief of staff runs the govt in Lkj. In fact, na 2 govs dem get for Kogi.
DeleteAlmost three years pay??? So I guess once you are a governor there is no body or group that overseas your work to ensure you are doing a good job. How lacking in accountability Nigerian politicians are, and how complacent it's citizens are. Perhaps the way the government runs is that if it keeps the ppl hungry they will be too weak to fight back. All these kidnappers taking innocent ppl, but these theiving government officials they bypass. They need to grab who governs the state and do not release him until all state workers are paid up to date, plus one year in advance salary. Then when that is done give him a good whipping to reset his brain and release him. These government officials are mad on power, stark raving mad to deny workers their sustenance for years, not even a livable income in some instances and they still refuse them the pittance.
ReplyDeleteThe situation in kogi state is a very sad one. My sister and her husband are both civil servants, no salaries for months now. She is due for delivery in a few months after trying to conceive for 7 years. To feed is a problem, talk more of getting baby things. Mother is a retired civil servant who has not been paid her pension since November . Gov.Bello is so heartless and feels he is untouchable but God is not asleep
ReplyDeleteWhere are all these yahoo yahoo boys? They should use this kogi governor as sacrifice now! And leave innocent citizens alone!i guess they are too dumb to do that! 3 years salary owed! Pure wickedness!
ReplyDeleteNa the same wickedness table get them
DeleteOh lord!!! What a lawless country
ReplyDeleteand the same idiots complaining will still vote for the idiotic governor come november. mtcheeeeeeew
ReplyDeleteLol.... Which vote.
DeleteWhether they vote him or not....on election day they will just bring thugs and scatter the whole place like dey did for the presidential election.
shameless hypocrite!
Deleteface your state and collect your 4 litres of kerosene.but you voted for your failed governor in pdp.
16:36,u are the shameless one here that cant accept the truth
DeleteChai!
ReplyDeleteTheir woes in Kogi state dates back to the the eras of Governor Idris Ibrahim, to the next Captain Idris Wadda, to this Yahaya Bello. The people voted ouy Idris Wadda of the PDP with the hopes of getting a better government in APC, but it's still the same or worse. Well, they voted APC because of their man then, Abubarka Audu who died hours to his victory. Yahaya Bello was NEVER elected. He was never their choice, but was imposed on them. In a more sane society where people voted for candidates and not parties, the election should have been cancelled and another election done. But this is Nigeria. The people from that region are really suffering.
ReplyDeleteI heard Kogi state is now the worst state in Nigeria, i feel for them,they should all stand on their ground like Imo people did to Rochas and Uche Nwosu and send Yahaya away .
ReplyDeleteThey don't vote for these heartless men rather they impose themselves on the weak hungry citizens
ReplyDeletewhat a country! what has the state government been doing?I bet those in power don't forget to collect their own salary.
ReplyDeleteCome how do people keep going to an office they don't pay them. If I don't get paid for 3months straight its for me to resign and look for work elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe time you are wasting going to that office daily, even if its small biz you are doing while job hunting, its better than wasting my fuel daily to an office for 30mths, thats 2and half yrs.
It is only God that will help the workers in Kogi
ReplyDeleteAnd Essah will open his mouth and support buhari and Apc Very stupid boy
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