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The Oyo State Government on Wednesday said that it has disbursed over N13bn to settle the average of about 5months salaries owed local government workers and primary school teachers as well as their pensioners in the state.
The State Commissioner for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Bimbo Kolade, who disclosed this in
Ibadan, stated that the N13,739,592,266.24 released to the Ministry from the
office of the State’s Accountant General comprised of the April, May and June
allocations for Local Governments in the state and a share from Paris Club Re-fund.
Kolade said that
N13,739,592,266.24bn was inclusive of SUBEB funds, explaining that
N3,088,014,271.45bn was released for April, N3,396,208,585.99 for May and
N5,255,369,408.80bn for June while N2bn was released for Local government
workers and pensioners’ welfare by Governor Abiola Ajimobi from the refunded
second tranche N7.9 Paris Club fund.
The Commissioner charged all
Caretaker Chairmen to be prudent with the fund, expressing optimism that
outstanding salaries of some 15 Council areas put at an average of 2months will
be offset.
He cautioned the Caretaker Chairmen
against over bloated staff strength which he said always make it difficult for
them to offset their wage bills promptly, urging that they should limit their
ad-hoc staff to only those they can afford to pay their bills as at when
due.
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