Nigerian labour congress plans to embark on indefinite strike
has revealed that 18 state governors are owing
civil servants in their states salaries and arrears of
pensions running into months. The leadership of
NLC says workers in these states might be
embarking on a nationwide strike on Monday May
25th if their state governors do not pay before the
new administration takes over.
According to Punch, the states owing salaries or
pensions are; Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue,
Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina,
Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers and
Zamfara states.
Abia state was listed as the state that had not
paid its civil servants salaries running into nine
months. The state is also said to be owing
workers of the Hospital Management Board eight
months’ salary; Abia State Universal Basic
Education Board, six months; Abia State
Polytechnic, five months; local government
workers, four months; and teachers, three
months’ salary arrears.
The report stated that while Enugu State had paid
salaries of civil servants up to date, parastatals
were owed 12 months’ salaries and pension and
gratuity remain unpaid since 2010. Others states
owing are Osun State with six months’ salary and
pension arrears; Plateau with six months salaries
and seven months pension; Benue with five
months salaries and four months pension arrears;
Kogi with four months of pension and salary
arrears; and Oyo which owes three months
salaries and between five and 11 months of
pension arrears.
Ekiti state had not paid its civil servants salaries
in the last three months. Jigawa is owing
judiciary workers a month salary arrears in 2015.
Ondo state is owing its civil servants one month
salary and pension, while Ogun state owes its
civil servants one month salary and 52 months of
unremitted pension deductions to the Pension
Fund Administration. Although Zamfara State has
paid workers’ salaries up to date, the salaries of
workers who were recruited in 2014 have not
been paid.
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