Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has dismissed a remark credited to a former native council chairman, Promise Uzoma Okoro, that staff’ April salary arrears left by former governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration wouldn’t be paid.
Ekeoma mentioned the current administration within the state is marshalling the precise technique geared in the direction of clearing gathered salary arrears owed to members of the state workforce by the speedy previous authorities within the state.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Umuahia, the state capital, he expressed dismay on the outbursts by Okoro, describing the statements by the latter as faux and mischievous.
“The said Mr Okoro could not state where and when the governor made the statement.
“He probably anchored his assumption on the plans of the governor to pay May salary first, which of course is his immediate priority before tackling the humongous accumulated salary arrears left behind, which include the April salary Okoro mentioned.
“The governor understands the place and importance of payment of salary as an enabler of economic growth and development, and is therefore marshalling out the righ strategy geared towards clearing the Abia salary mess,” he mentioned.
Ekeoma added that it has turn into curious that Okoro, who had earlier claimed that the previous authorities was not owing April salary, is now speaking about non-payment of identical salary arrears.
He urged the general public to discountenance and ignore the half-baked statements posted by the writer, and see the net report as a type of fabrications geared toward drawing social media site visitors.
