There was jubilation yesterday at Uselu, the secretariat of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, when the workers received alert for the payment of seven months’ salaries out of the 18 months owed them.
The workers thanked the House of Assembly for approving the payment and the timely release of funds to pay them.
They did not get the bailout fund from the Federal Government when other councils in the state were paid because of alleged alteration in the file it submitted to the government.
The state’s Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Young Ilenikhena, urged the state government to pay the outstanding salaries.
Ilenikhena said NULGE was working with the State Internal Revenue Service to release Egor, Oredo and Ikpoba-Okha local government areas’ percentage without further delay.
House of Assembly Speaker Justin Okonoboh, who announced the payment during plenary yesterday, said all categories of workers being owed in the state would be paid.
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