Biodun Esan, Ilorin
Kwara State Government has committed the sum of N1,031,149,451.36 to offset the salary arrears the last administration owed to local government workers, basic school teachers, and pensioners.
A statement signed by Babatunde Abdulrasheed, Press Secretary, Ministry of Finance on Sunday said the government is committed to settling the arrears it inherited from the past administration as resources permit.
Abdulrasheed said that in January, the state government began the payment of 100 percent CONHESS for health workers at the local government levels, along with the monthly palliatives of N10,000 per worker and pensioner.
“Between January 2020 and January 2024, the government has spent at least N5.5 billion to offset the arrears of salary and gratuities for SUBEB teachers, local government workers, and local government pensioners alone,” he said.
Abdulrasheed added that the government has been meeting its multi billion naira monthly obligations to these workers and many others since it was elected in 2019.
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