BudgIT has again raised alarm that some states are yet to fully offset the outstanding amount owed pensioners and civil servants despite series of N1.8trillion bailouts.


BudgIT is a civic organization that uses tech tools to simplify the budget and public spending to raise the standard of transparency and accountability in government.

On Sunday, Ayomide Faleye, BudgIT head of communication, released a report of a recently conducted survey aimed at ascertaining the frequency and magnitude of challenges civil servants and pensioners are encountering.


The report sent to us explained that the survey focused on three categories of workers in all 36 states – primary and secondary school teachers, midwives and secretariat workers – while attention was paid to ascertain if retirees level were receiving pensions as at when due.

Faleye said BudgIT discovered that 12 states are yet to offset the amount owed secondary school teachers fully and that many states are threatening workers to keep the information away from public domain.

The report reads: “Notable among states with outstanding liabilities to secondary teachers is Osun and Kogi state.


“Osun State has been paying secondary school teachers above level 8 only a fraction of their salaries and entitlement for the last 30 months.

“Cumulatively, Osun state is owing secondary school teachers above level 8 about 15 months salary.

“Other states with outstanding liabilities to states include Abia, Benue, Bayelsa, Kwara, Imo, Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo and Zamfara.

“Kogi State, for instance, is owing teachers about 13 months salaries according to the response given by secondary school teachers during the survey.

“Midwives, whose responsibility includes attending to issues around pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, women’s sexual and reproductive health and newborn care – are also bugged down by issues including failure of some state to pay salaries and emolument as at when due.

“Midwives were questioned during the survey across the 36 states. BudgIT discovered that 10 states are owing midwives salaries as at close of business on September 24, 2018.

“Delta, Imo, Abia, Osun, Plateau, Bayelsa, Ekiti and 11 other states owe Pensioners entitlement ranging from 1 month to 36 months.

“Almost all pensioners expressed how unhappy they are, their dissatisfaction with the government and how hard it has been for them to survive despite years of hard work up into service

“BudgIT hereby ask States to offset outstanding liabilities to its workers and pensioners as funds in form of bailout estimated to be in the region of N1.8 trillion have been issues to states to offset all outstanding liabilities owe workers.”

https://www.akelicious.net/2018/10/budgit-exposes-17-states-owing-salaries.html

No pdp or Apc when they owe money, only when they need to get to the office to be able to steal and owe money

Hmm

Na this kind place My state Kogi dey carry first.

The crowned governor, Yahaya Bello.

And the shocking thing is, come 2020, some imbeciles will still be shouting yahaya bello upandan in support of him, some hungry folks will still sell their rights for few mudus of rice because they are hungry.

Can you imagine?
And Oyetola still won in Osun


Bello will win in Kogi and the suffering will continue

So Imo governor used the money to build statues instead of pay workers?
Youths will be killing themselves for these old useless looters.

Oyetola will consolidate on aregbe legacy

It's a pity how the government has failed in its duties, the Nigerian government has crippled and enslaved the minds of the public service, this is a government where we praise the government for performing it's duties, does the government give us accolades when paying tax.

Africa might have got it wrong, I pray we get it right one day. My sincere advice to the young ones. Don't have the mindset of a employee but an employer or investor.

I don't think I have heard anything good about Kogi state before..

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stupid people

Why are Delta and Bayelsa states even up there? Why should any state owe salaries?


Are their governors this wicked and greedy?

rivers state too.. they have not paid pensioners from 2017 upwards... wike is a scam

imagine Bayelsa with the 13% derivation and only 8 local governments is also owing while states with little to nothing at the end of the month don't owe...is not really about the amount of money allocated but by who controls the fund

The only thing I expect from Oshiomole after 2019 is to ensure that Yeye Bello does not get the Kogi APC governorship ticket. Such a misrepresentation of the youths in public office!

If Ambode who performed, though messed up in waste management and a few minor areas was denied return ticket, then Yeye Bello should suffer worse fate. Same way Ortom was denied APC ticket for lack of performance.


The reason I hate PDP so much and the looting they represent... Rich states like Delta and Bayelsa that should have turned to semi-Dubai in 16yrs are owing months of unpaid salaries.

This is the kind of list you will find Ortom, Yahaya Bello and the likes. Everything bad they take the lead

Owaincouncil:
Oyetola will consolidate on aregbe legacy

Absolutely, my people like suffering & smiling.

And some people in Osun still went ahead and voted for APC.

Any governor that is not paying salary and pension is not fit to be in public service. What a public service misfit

God help is in this nation,most of the APC governors are pure evil

Rochas... That's where we can see your name

I’m yet to hear of any state governor being owed his salary

And some dimwits on Nairaland are saying some States can't pay salaries

Continue tolerating idiots without sense while they make billions on your stupidity