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Nigerian workers today join their counterparts across the world to celebrate May Day, but Nigerians celebration turned sadness as more than 10 states can only boast of fully paid workers’ salaries and allowances up to date out of the 306 states of the federation.
According to Vanguard, only Edo, Lagos, Delta, Ebonyi, Anambra, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Kano and Enugu states have paid their workers’ salaries and allowances up to April.
Rivers State has paid March salary and pension up to February, Borno State has paid up to March with the exception of its Hosing Corporation workers, while Ogun State, though paid salary, has neither remitted pension deductions from workers’ salaries for months, and has not paid gratuities since 2012.
Among the indebted states are Ekiti, Kwara, Kaduna, Osun, Plateau, Ondo, Abia, Bayelsa, Oyo, Imo, Kogi and Benue. According to checks, while Ekiti State is owing not less two months salaries, the number of months owed pensioners were not known at the time of this report.
Read more: Nigeria: See List of State Governors Owing Workers' Salaries
According to Vanguard, only Edo, Lagos, Delta, Ebonyi, Anambra, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Kano and Enugu states have paid their workers’ salaries and allowances up to April.
Rivers State has paid March salary and pension up to February, Borno State has paid up to March with the exception of its Hosing Corporation workers, while Ogun State, though paid salary, has neither remitted pension deductions from workers’ salaries for months, and has not paid gratuities since 2012.
Among the indebted states are Ekiti, Kwara, Kaduna, Osun, Plateau, Ondo, Abia, Bayelsa, Oyo, Imo, Kogi and Benue. According to checks, while Ekiti State is owing not less two months salaries, the number of months owed pensioners were not known at the time of this report.
Read more: Nigeria: See List of State Governors Owing Workers' Salaries
