By Dickson Blessing, 4:30am, 23/6/2015
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(Rtd) meets today the 23rd of June,2015 with all governors of the 36 states in Nigeria over prolonged payment of workers salary
State governments not paying workers has
been a major concern in recent months, most notoriously in Osun State where workers have
been without pay for months.
This meeting was scheduled after an appeal by the 36 State Governors for a Presidential intervention into the empty accounts and inability to pay civil and State servants. The
focus of the meeting will be the sourcing of funds to enable the affected States to pay
their debts.
The 18 States that are currently indebted to
their workers are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano,
Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Zamfara.
A source from the executive government disclosed that resolving this issue may force
the Federal Government to draw from depleting external reserves.
