"PAY SALARIES!" PRESIDENT BUHARI ORDERS GOVERNORS

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday urged governors owing salaries and pensions to pay their workers immediately, stressing that most workers depend solely on the money.

President Buhari who met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers decried the way the Paris Club Refund was spent by some state governors. President Buhari was accompanied by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ooni of Ife H.R.H. Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II and Sultan of Sokoto H.R.H. Sa’ad Abubakar IV as he received the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria on a courtesy visit in the State House.
The Federal government had on May 4 released details of the second tranche of Paris Club refund to States totalling N243. 795 billion. The refund is in respect of over-deductions on Paris Club, London Club Loans and Multilateral debts between 1995-2002. The President, who met with the traditional rulers at the new Banquet hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja frowned at the inability of the affected state governments to pay the retirement benefits and outstanding salaries of workers with the payment of the refund.