The Imo government has denied owing its workforce 11 months’ salary arrears.

A statement from the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, on Tuesday in Owerri said that the denial followed reports in some national dailies that the government was owing its workers 11 months’ salary arrears.

“The Imo State Government only owes its civil servants May salary and the payment for that month is at the verge of being made.


“We have decided to make this factual claim on the salaries of the civil servants and teachers in the state so that those behind the report can come out with their own facts to back their claim,” he said.

Onwuemeodo noted that the government had also lived up to expectations with regards to the payment of the salaries of workers in the parastatal agencies of the state.


He said that parastatal agencies had been paid except those that were discovered with “irritating padding of salaries for non-existing staff and where high-profile corruption was uncovered’’ by a verification panel.

Onwuemeodo said the government would only pay those in the affected parastatal agencies when the issues in question had been rectified.


He challenged those behind the report to come up with their facts to controvert the position of the government.

“So, it is left for those behind the report with some of them quoting their source to come out and fault our claims or rebuttal.

“We would like to be faulted on our claim that we owe civil servants only May salary and the same goes with the teachers.

“The government of Imo with Gov. Rochas Okorocha on the driver’s seat shall continue to be truthful and honest about its claims and counter-claims on issues for the sake of history and posterity,” he said.

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Onwuemeodo described the report as unfortunate and a deliberate effort to hit at the rescue mission government in the state. (NAN)

http://dailypost.ng/2015/06/16/imo-government-denies-owing-workers-11-months-salary-arrears/

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[b]Okorocha Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has
attributed the poor state of the nation’s economy
for the non-payment salary arrears being owed
government workers in some states of the
federation.
Okorocha said this while briefing newsmen on the
outcome of a meeting of All Progressives
Congress (APC) governors and governors-elect on
Tuesday in Abuja. The governor said that just like
the states, the Federal Government was also
finding it difficult to pay the salaries of its workers.
It would be recalled that Okorocha pledged to pay
the 13 months salary arrears owed primary school
teachers in the state during this year’s Workers
Day.
“We must say that the economy is bad, let’s face
the fact. Most governors are not able to pay
salaries and there is no magic any governor can
do to pay salary under the present situation.
“We intend to take that up with the President-elect
to inform him of the challenges before him, to
prepare his mind to know that there is a lot of
challenges that the states are facing in terms of
payment of salaries, including Federal
Government.[/b]
“Here, you have an incoming president coming to
meet almost an empty treasury, which tells you
the challenges we have ahead of us.”
According to him, the APC governors and
governors-elect have decided to meet to also
review the just concluded 2015 general elections.
This, he said, would enable the party and its
elected officers to strategise on the best possible
approach to tackle the country’s challenges.
“Basically, what we did was to review the just
concluded election and we have congratulated
each other and it’s on record that today, APPC has
22 governors-elect, while we are looking forward
to getting more by the time we finish with the
court processes.
“So this is the first introductory meeting to know
one another and to discuss all that took place in
the last election, the challenges, the merits and
demerits.”
Okorocha said that some of their colleagues had
embarked on holiday and medical checks to
enable them regain their strength after the tedious
electioneering campaigns.
He said that the presence of Senator Bukola Saraki
at their meeting was not in any way connected to
who emerged the Senate President or the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
“Senator Bukola visited during our meeting, but
we did not discuss the issue of who becomes the
Senate President, or who becomes Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
“Our mission is to familiarise ourselves and look
at the state of our economy and see how we can
meet the president-elect and make some
suggestions on what he can do to move Nigeria
forward.”
The meeting was attended by Governor Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers, his Nasarawa counterpart,
Tanko Al-Makura, Kaduna Gov.-elect, Malam Nasir
El-Rufai and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives who is the Sokoto State Gov.-elect,
Aminu Tambuwal.
Also present at the meeting were Gov. Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun, former Ekiti governor,
Kayode Fayemi, Deputy Governor of Kano State,
Abdullahi Ganduje and APC national chairman,
John Oyegun. – NAN reports.
http://thecitizenng.com/governance/why-i-am-
owing-13-months-salary-okorocha/

na who una wan deceive ?

I don taya for this CUNTry

As if he would agree

Very true, was told the same by a friend that works in deputy governor's office that may salary hasn't been paid

I wonder where they got that 11 months salary report. I asked two of my friends working at the Imo state civil service and they confirmed exactly what was stated. It is only May salary that has not been paid.

*anonymous*
*aide who don't want his name to be known*
*undisclosed associate* etc

These are the sources of Nigerian news without verifiable publicity: hit like if you think journalism in Nigeria still has a long way to go.