Following Tuesday’s protest by some civil servants over the non-payment of their salaries, the Abia State Accountant General, Mrs Njum Onyemenam, has clarified that 95 per cent of the state’s workforce has obtained salaries.
She additional mentioned 43 per cent of pensioners within the state obtained half of their pensions, whereas 57% had been paid in full.
The accountant normal spoke in Umuahia throughout a stay interview on FLO 94.9 FM Umuahia.
Onyemenam, who appealed to civil servants within the state to cooperate with the ongoing bodily verification within the state, mentioned the coverage was designed for their very own pursuits.
“We have paid over 95 per cent of civil servants; five per cent are having difficulties because of the verification and validation process. We are giving all corporations. We are sorry that some five per cent left are being affected by this validation process,” the Abia accountant normal mentioned.
She said that salaries had been paid to civil servants on August 28 in keeping with the guarantees of Governor Alex Otti.
She suggested staff not to evade the ongoing verification exercise, as anybody not captured within the exercise wouldn’t obtain a salary.
Onyemenam, who affirmed that the pension for the month could be paid on the newest on August 31, mentioned the primary cost was for transportation, whereas the State authorities has promised to take care of the remaining.
Media Talk Africa recollects that civil servants stomped the premises of the Accountant General’s workplace on Tuesday morning over the non-payment of their salaries.
Later within the afternoon, a press release refuted the declare that she was chased away from her workplace by the civil servants, stating as a substitute that she had been current on the International Conference Centre, the place Abia’s thirty second anniversary celebration was going down.
