hehehehe....The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers on Saturday advised the Federal Government against
the issuance of bailout funds to state governments for the payment of
workers’ salaries.
The NUPENG’s South-West Chairman, Mr Tokunbo Korodo, gave the advice in Lagos.
The disbursement of bailout funds to the
states was necessitated by the prevailing economic challenges which
resulted in the non-payment of workers’ salaries by many states across
the federation.
The state governments received N713.7billion as bailout funds from the federal government, to defray the backlog of salaries.
Korodo urged the state governments with
huge salary arrears to look inwards and find new ways to generate
revenue, without waiting for monthly allocations from the federation
account.
He regretted that most state governments
in the country had too many aides that were a big drain on their
resources and advised them to downsize, to save costs.
“Most of the Governors have about 20
Commissioners and over 42 Special Advisers, besides another large number
of associates from which they have appointed the heads of various
boards and agencies in the state.
“Governors from the 27 state governments
that cannot pay the monthly salaries of their workers should look
inwards to find new ways of making money to settle their wage bills.
Korodu suggested the revitalization of
agriculture as a credible alternative to the current over-dependence of
such states on revenues from the federation account.
He also advised such governors to block all existing leakages in revenue generation in their states.
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