President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, September 11, frowned at the inability of some state governors to pay the retirement benefits and outstanding salaries of workers with the payment of Paris Club refund.
He appealed to governors to make sure they pay civil servants and pensioners under them “because most of them depend on that salary to pay rent, school fees.’’
The president said this when he met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers.
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.
“We have to digress this much because I would like to convince you that I’m living with the problems of this country day-by-day, and mostly those of the ordinary people.
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“There are Nigerians that haven’t been paid for six months; there are Nigerians that have not been paid their retirement benefits for years.
“I’m appealing to the governors, (that was why we voted money, we borrowed money), please make sure anybody under you, pay them because most of them depend on that salary to pay rent, school fees,’’ he said.
He pledged that his administration would continue to do its best in executing developmental projects to uplift the standard of living of all Nigerians irrespective of their geo-political backgrounds.
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