Kwara State Authorities on Tuesday night time mentioned that at the very least 97 per cent of all of the state authorities’s 18,466 workers have been paid their November salaries and bonuses.
The state Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Hauwa Nuru, mentioned in an announcement that the excellent 4.5 per cent who haven’t acquired their November pay are those that are but to register for the State Resident Registration Company as was directed by the federal government since July 2024 or these with different pending points.
Recall that the management of the state Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress pleaded with the state authorities to launch the withheld November 2024 salaries of its members throughout the 16 native authorities areas of the state.
NLC famous in an announcement by its state Secretary, Isiah Elachochi-Eigege, that about 75 per cent of employees within the state who’re principally workers of native authorities areas are but to be paid their salaries for November 2024.
These affected, in keeping with the NLC, included employees underneath the banner of the Nigeria Union of Native Authorities Staff, the Medical and Well being Employees Union of Nigeria, and the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives.
Nevertheless, the federal government in an announcement by the press secretary, Ministry of Finance, Babatunde Abdulrasheed, on behalf of the commissioner on Tuesday additionally mentioned that 97 per cent of the SUBEB academics and workers have been paid their wage for the month, whereas the pending three per cent are these with out KWSRRA bonafide.
“For the native authorities Areas, 77 per cent of the workforce has been paid, whereas the 23 per cent remaining are those that haven’t complied with the KWSRRA necessities,” the assertion added.
“These figures of the state, SUBEB, and native authorities areas — contradict the declare that 75 per cent or 45 per cent of the workforce had not been paid.
“We had earlier engaged with representatives of the NLC the place we offered clear information on how issues stood. We additionally defined how those that haven’t bought theirs can go about it if they’re actually bonafide employees,” the state authorities mentioned.
The assertion urged any real workers who’re but to get their November wage to validate their claims with KWSRRA and the Ministry of Finance.
“The train to register each resident within the state for correct information, safety functions, and sanitization of the payroll system is an endeavor that each citizen ought to help. We guarantee employees that the administration stays dedicated to immediate cost of their wage and welfare, as has been the hallmark of the federal government.
“The federal government is dedicated to resolving all excellent points in order that no bonafide employee is left unpaid. We urge our compatriots within the labour unions to completely help this transparency initiative which is supposed to serve the curiosity of everybody,” the assertion added.