Oshiomhole laments non-payment of salaries

EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has stated that the state is working had to assist the local

governments to re-engineer their finances in order to meet their obligations to their worker as specified in the constitution, adding that the State has no money to give to them.

  He stated this at the just concluded 17th Synod of the Anglican Communion held at St. John’s Anglican Church, Benin City.

  He lamented that Nigeria is facing the most difficult period in about two-third of states where civil servants and public servants are working and for six months, their salaries are not paid, schools are closed, the children of the poor are at home and only the children of those who can afford private schools are being taught, compounding the problem of illiteracy with the concomitant security implication and yet we still have relative peace.

  “In this state, we are not perfect, we have asked God to govern the state for us and I believe he is governing the state for us. I am proud to say that in our South-South geopolitical zone, we receive the lowest allocation but we are the only one who is up-to-date in the payment of salaries to workers who work for Edo State Government.”

  He said, “There are things going on across the states. There are some of our local governments who are not able to pay workers. We are working hard to get them to recognise that the bible says 'the laborer is entitled to his wages' whether or not the employer is rich.