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Akeredolu pays salaries of ex-political office holders

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2020 0

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has paid two out of the seven months’ salary arrears owed political office holders in the Olusegun Mimiko administration. Mr. Ojo Oyewamide, senior special assistant to the governor on media and publicity, who disclosed this in Akure, said Gov.

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My govt won’t renege in pension, salary arrears payment – Fayemi

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2019 0

The Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, has insisted that he will not renege on his promise to pay up all the salary and pension arrears owed workers by the former administration of Governor Ayo Fayose in the state. Gov. Fayemi had upon his inauguration last October, promised to defray the salary and pension arrears […]

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Senate President pledges to offset Kwara workers’ salary arrears

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2018 0

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki said he would start off setting salary arrears owed certain category of workers in Kwara state from next week. Saraki announced the cheering news during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) monthly stakeholders meeting at the ‘Charity House’ in Ilorin, Kwara state. He said he would commence the payment of […]

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Strike looms as Ondo workers give Gov Akeredolu ultimatum to clear salary arrears

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2018 0

Organised labour in Ondo state has given Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu a two-day ultimatum to pay backlog of salary arrears from the N20 billion Paris club refund or risk industrial action. The workers in a letter addressed to the Governor gave the governor up till 12 noon on Tuesday, November 13th to pay the salaries arrears. […]

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Unpaid salaries: Ekiti LG workers declare strike, oppose Fayose’s fresh recruitment

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2018 0

Ekiti workers under the aupice of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in Ekiti has declared an indefinite strike against Governor Ayodele Fayose, beginning from Friday, for alleged negligence of workers welfare and unpaid salary arrears. The workers are aggrieved that despite their goodwill to the administration, the state government had failed to honour an […]

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Salary arrears: Trouble looms in debtor states as NUT directs members to begin strike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2018 0

…Debtor states include Abia, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Kwara, Taraba Another round of trouble looms in some states across the country, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), that seemed to have run out of patience with the state governors, may soon order their members to embark on industrial action. The grouse […]

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Kogi state not owing staff salaries — Gov Bello

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2017 0

Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has dismissed speculations that he owes workers of the state salaries insisting that he is up to date in the payment of workers’ salaries. Governor Bello, who spoke to newsmen when he visited the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the national secretariat in Abuja on […]