President Buhari orders Adeosun to pay civil servants' arrears

      

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s finance minister to pay outstanding debts to civil servants in the country. Daily Post refers to a statement issued in Abuja by the head of Civil Service of the federation, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, in which the federal government informed that it will pay the civil servants death benefits, promotion arrears and other outstanding debts, running to about N300 billion. 

According to Oyo-Ita, the bills include promotion arrears, repatriation allowance and death benefits, among others which total is about N293 billion. The permanent secretary who spoke with newsmen said this new development was part of the activities marking the 2016 Civil Service week celebration. Mrs Adeosun and the office of the Accountant General of the Federation have both been asked to seek ways of making the payments with immediate effect. In Kano state, nine officials of the state ministry for local government were recently booted out while a director with the ministry of finance was also suspended over alleged fraud. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the office of the Head of Service, Mustapha Fagge, in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday, August 4, also indicated that four officials had been handed over to the police for tampering with pension funds. According to the statement, the nine affected workers and director were indicted in the report of the committee which investigated salary payments in the state.

According to Oyo-Ita, the bills include promotion arrears, repatriation allowance and death benefits, among others which total is about N293 billion. The permanent secretary who spoke with newsmen said this new development was part of the activities marking the 2016 Civil Service week celebration. Mrs Adeosun and the office of the Accountant General of the Federation have both been asked to seek ways of making the payments with immediate effect. In Kano state, nine officials of the state ministry for local government were recently booted out while a director with the ministry of finance was also suspended over alleged fraud. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the office of the Head of Service, Mustapha Fagge, in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday, August 4, also indicated that four officials had been handed over to the police for tampering with pension funds. According to the statement, the nine affected workers and director were indicted in the report of the committee which investigated salary payments in the state.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/916691-buhari-gives-adeosun-new-order-payment-death-benefits-arrears-civil-servants.html

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s finance minister to pay outstanding debts to civil servants in the country. Daily Post refers to a statement issued in Abuja by the head of Civil Service of the federation, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, in which the federal government informed that it will pay the civil servants death benefits, promotion arrears and other outstanding debts, running to about N300 billion.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/916691-buhari-gives-adeosun-new-order-payment-death-benefits-arrears-civil-servants.html