Governor Yahaya Bello told
newsmen in Lokoja that the salary arrears would be paid from the N20 billion
bailout funds received by the state government from the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
The Kogi State Government
on Tuesday announced that it would within the week commence the payment of five
month salary arrears to its workers.
Bello said government had
no intention of keeping the money for other purposes, stressing that it would
be strictly used to offset the backlog of worker’s salaries.
The governor said the
workers would receive their money through their bank accounts.
He said: “We have a list of
genuine workers being owed salary arrears. No committee will be set up to
appropriate the bailout funds.
“The payment will follow
the normal process in place for salary payment to workers through bank
transactions.”
On the recent protest by
some local government staff who were not on the cleared list released by the
staff verification committee, the governor promised that the full authenticated
list would be released soon.
Bello said: “No single
genuine worker will be left out unpaid. As a genuine worker, you will be
screened and remain in service.
“After the exercise, if you
are left out, the unions should come forward with such names and you will be
paid.
“Those benefitting from the
rotten system will not want the exercise to succeed; no way for ghost workers
“It is not the present
exercise that is the problem. The crime committed in the past is the problem.
We will not be intimidated.”
Bello also reiterated the
resolve of the administration to probe all contracts awarded by his
predecessors.
“Those who looted, we will
fish them out, recover the looted funds and prosecute them,” the governor
added.
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