Nasarawa State Government Denies Owing Salary Of Workers
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Nasarawa State Government has expressed dismay over a report by an organisation suggesting it is owing salary of workers for six months.
A statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Ibrahim Addra while reacting to the report by Cso BudgIT, says the organisation got its information wrong as the State Government does not owe a single month of salary of workers.
According to the statement, the report by BudgIT is not only false but unjust, unfair and comes to the Nasarawa State Government as a rude shock.
According to a recent publication by BudgIT, the information was arrived at through a field survey, as cited in its 2022 Sub-national Salary Survey, placing Nasarawa State among states owing workers six months salary arrears.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor however insisted that, Nasarawa State Government, under the stewardship of Abdullahi Sule has never and does not owe a single month of salary.
The CPS observed that going by its past reputation it was hoped that BudgIT would deny the report or come out to admit errors in its data collection and make amends but
days after the report, BudgIT has not done so which left Nasarawa state government with no option than to lay bare this fallacy by BudgIT.
“Such matters of workers salary are not issues that can be concealed or left to some unverified data.The workers in Nasarawa can speak for themselves in this regard and have done so at different times. The CPS stressed…
“Nasarawa has paid salaries up to July of 2022 and in full. It is therefore curious, worrisome and in bad taste that such lies are allowed to remain in the public domain.
“By this report, BudgIT misinformed Nigerians and its wider audience and has in doing so dented its image and reduced its credibility quotient.
“We challenge BudgIT to come to the state and speak with the workers themselves and the “Leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress TUC, or any other labour unions.
“We challenge BudgIT to admit it has goofed and come out with a categorical statement and apology regarding the status of salary payment in Nasarawa State.
“Anything short of this honourable path will be viewed as an unwarranted attack on the government and people of Nasarawa state.
“The timing of the BudgIT report smacks of mischief and by allowing same such wide circulation in the media space, bear the markings of the job of a hatchet man. .
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