The 36 governors have resolved to offset workers’ outstanding salaries and pensions in their states as soon as the next tranche of payment from the Paris-London Club loan refunds were made.
Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
The statement by Mr Abulrazque Barkindo, Head of Media and Public Affairs, NGF Secretariat, said that the decision was reached by the governors after their meeting in Abuja on Thursday night.
The governors met in anticipation of the release of the money, which had been approved for payment by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
Out of the N522.74 billion owed, N388.304 was paid to states in December, 2016.
Yari said that the governors were not oblivious of the hue…
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