Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the move by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to release the sum of N5 billion to offset the backlog of salary arrears owed local government workers, as politically motivated.
According to the party, since the inception of the present administration, the governor has continued to be “inhuman and insensitive” to the plights of the councils workers.
A few days ago, Okowa had promised to release the sum of N5 billion to the local government councils to offset the backlogs of salaries owed its staff. In June 2017, the governor had insisted that it was not his responsibility to pay the salaries of local government workers.
However, a statement signed by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Ogheneluemu Sylvester Imonina, and obtained by SaharaReporters, read: “For the past three years, local government councils workers in…
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