Trouble looms in states over unpaid workers’ salaries
Trouble appears to be looming in several
states of the federation between civil servants and the state
governments due to the inability of the states to pay workers’ salaries.
Civil servants in many states have
either just suspended their strike or in some states where they are
still working, the labour movement in the states have declared their
intention to go on strike.
Recently, while addressing the National
Executive Council members of the All Progressives Congress, President
Muhammadu Buhari, while lamenting the precarious state of the nation’s
economy, said no fewer than 27 states of the federation were finding it
difficult to pay workers’ salaries.
Over 20 states last year accessed a
bailout package by the Federal Government, most of which were believed
to have been used to pay salaries.
Shortly after this relief package,
however, there were speculations that the states were planning to apply
for another round of bailout, which has been vehemently denied.
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