States owing salaries of six months and above as at July 31, 2022
1. Abia
2. Ebonyi
3. Edo
4. Imo
5. Nasarawa
6. Ondo
7. Plateau
8. Taraba

STATES OWING WORKERS' SALARY

Abia (6 months & above)
Adamawa (3-5 months)
Benue (3-5 months)
Cross river (1-2 months)
Delta (1-2 months)
Ebonyi (6 months & above)
Edo (6 months & above)
Imo (6 months & above)
Kogi (3-5months)
Nasarawa (6 months & above)
Ondo (6 months & above)
Plateau (6 months & above)
Taraba (6 months & above)

’12 states owing salaries’ — BudgIT condemns non-payment of workers’ remuneration

BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation, has expressed concerns over the refusal of state governments to pay workers’ salaries.

BudgIT said this in a statement on Thursday signed by Iyanu Fatoba, assistant head, media and communications.

The organisation said the outcome of its 2022 Nigerian Sub-National Salary Survey showed that at least 12 states owe their workers at least one month’s salary as of July 28, 2022.

It urged concerned states to prioritise employees’ rights by paying all accrued salaries.

“BudgIT expressed this disapproval after its empirical survey across the 36 states in the federation revealed that at least 12 states owe their workers at least one month’s salary as of July 28, 2022,” the statement reads.

“BudgIT conducted this empirical survey to spotlight and identify state governments that have consistently failed to meet the essential requirement of governance and employee compensation, thereby subjecting their workers to unpaid labour and harsh living conditions.

While the findings from the survey favoured states that are not in arrears, states like Abia, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Ondo and Taraba owe three (3) years or less in payments.

“For example, Abia state currently owes its state tertiary institution workers six (6) months’ salary, while Ebonyi has not paid its pensioners in the last six (6) months. Secretariat workers in Taraba complained of irregular salary payments for up to six (6) months, while lecturers at state tertiary institutions and midwives in the state-owned hospital in Ondo State have not been paid a dime in the last four (4) months.”

Iniobong Usen, BudgIT’s head of research and policy advisory, said civil servants’ remuneration is a necessary part of the employer-employee relationship, whether at the state or federal level.

Usen said the delay in payment of salaries affects the smooth working of the government, adding that the survival and livelihood of civil servants depend on timely salary payment and the government’s refusal to pay shows its disregard for the legal obligation to pay.

“Nigerian civil servants are unfortunately no strangers to delays and gaps in monthly salary payments. Despite belonging to the executive implementing arm of the government, they have been left without payments in many instances. With several states guilty of this non-payment, civil servants are often at wit’s end at ‘month end,” he said.

The civic tech group further said the lingering issue has become worrisome, adding that non-salary payments are a breach of the basic contractual provisions between an employer and employee and failed to recognise national legislation on employee rights at the continental and international levels.

“BudgIT posits that this state of affairs is a combination of ‘governance failure’ bordering on mismanagement and administrative inefficiency, an unnecessarily large wage bill which itself may be due to poor planning and hiring practices, and a problem of broader macroeconomic downturns which in some sense are beyond the control of the state governments, as they have little influence over monetary and fiscal policies,” the group added.

“Therefore, BudgIT calls on the various state governments to urgently address this glaring inability to pay state workers’ salaries as the attitude, enthusiasm, productivity and survival of state workers and their families are directly related to the timeliness of their remuneration.”

NuclearWinter:
Yeast topping the list

Parasites

MayorOfDelta:


Talk say e pain you say you no see anambra for there... Na im make you reach the thread.

NuclearWinter:


Actually , I only expect to see Anambra when there is a thread on arrest of drug peddlers, baby factories and homosexual brothel raids.

That's what that Godforsaken land is known for.

MayorOfDelta:


I can taste your tears.

NuclearWinter:


Oh really?

Then have a whiff of my ass while you are at it

O
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nedu666:
So ortom is owing 5months
Zamfara that doesn't pay even 18k minimum wage is not owing

Blue3k:


I'll never understand what's the point of a federal minimum wage law if they don't care to enforce it. Lol it's in the exclusive list but it doesn't matter.

trutharena:
OP use this map asa better description.

What I don't understand is how the Northern governors are able to pay salary while their counterpart in the South are owing salaries. yet, Southerners always abuse the North as the decayed part of Nigeria.

See the SE, three states are owing over 6month salary and yet the Igbos want to liberate Lagos from Sanwo-olu and Tinubu. They will be blaming Tinubu everyday and yet their governors are making their people poor and wretched in the East.

Nigeria is the more you look, the less you see.

nedu666:



Even some states that are paying regular will deduct pension but neva remits the deduction to ur pension provider. When you retire no pension no gratuity. Yet they are not owing.

PandoraObi:
Two Igbo state

rusher14:

3. Abia, Ebonyi, Imo.

nazicartel:
But seriously. Why can't states pay their workers ?

Blue3k:


They dont care to budget well simple as that. There's no mystery to solve. You see the private sector work this "miracle" every day.

Blue3k:


Well you know they're talking about salaries not pensions but I recognize your arguement. They're just breaking contracts. I don’t understand how Nigerian pensions schemes even work. How is the money invested that they feel secure making these promises? I understand how something like the Texas School teachers retirement fund works. They have a over 100 billion dollars invested in the market. Lol what's sad is none of this will ever be a campaign issue.

https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/media_fund_facts.aspx

@omohayek @grandstar do you either of you happen to know how these pension plans work?