Highlights of Kwara State Governor, Alhaji
Abdulfatah Ahmed’s meeting at 6.pm on Friday
with NLC, TUC, JNC, NULGE, NUT and NUP
members on the N5.1b Paris Club Refund, Held at
Government House, Ilorin.
The meeting was also attended by Secretary to the
State Government, Head of Service, Chief of Staff,
Comm for Finance, Comm for Local Gov, SA
Labour, Chairman of SUBEB and other government
officials.
1. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed expressed sadness
over the unfortunate hardship faced by LG
workers and pensioners as well as some state
employees owed entitlements due to the drop in
allocation to the state and LGs.
2. Governor Ahmed maintained that he has an
obligation to uphold the welfare and security of all
3m citizens and residents in the state, whether
employed by governments or not and must deploy
Paris Club Refund to all their benefits.
3. He maintained that the N5.1b received by the
government was appropriated in 2017 budget and
could only be used for recurrent and capital
expenditure as approved, stressing that even the
N1b allocated to the LGs was based on a desire to
alleviate the plight of LG workers and pensioners
based on law and resource availability.
4. Governor Ahmed maintained while he is keen to
see an end to the salary crises at LG level, he is
equally determined that state pensioners, lecturers,
workers of MDAs and other members of the public
all benefit from the Paris Club Refund, however
small.
5. Responding, in separate speeches, the Labour
leaders emphasized the hardship faced by the
affected workers and pensioners as well as the high
expectations among members that the bulk of the
N5.1b will be allocated to LGs/SUBEB.
6. They called on Governor Ahmed to allocate
more of the Paris Club Refunds to LGs/SUBEB/
Pensioners to reduce the difficulties faced by
members on account of the salary and pension
delays at the LG level.
7. Having heard Governor Ahmed’s clarification,
they resolved to go back and brief their members
on the outcome of the meeting.
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