The Accountant-General of the
Federation(AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, has stated that salaries of all workers on the
Federal Government payroll will be paid in spite of the ongoing labour strike.
Idris gave this commitment on
Thursday while speaking to newsmen at the Treasury House in Abuja.
He said: “We have a standing
order from Mr. President to pay workers salaries from the 25th of every month,
which we have striven hard to fulfill to Nigerian workers and this month will
not be an exception”.
He, however, said that the
payment of salaries cannot be achieved in an atmosphere where the critical
stakeholders are not allowed access to their offices.
“I must explain that salary
payment involves a number of processes that do not begin and end with the OAGF.
“There are other critical
stakeholders like the Cash Management Department in Ministry of Finance and
others who are supposed to do their beat before we can finalise.
“On coming to the office this
morning we met the gates of the office locked and wondered how we can keep this
promise if we are being locked out of the office.
“After speaking with the local
arm of the Labour in the office on the need to pay salaries, they conceded to
allow me and some of my staff in but the gates are still locked.”
The AGF further appealed to the
national leadership of labour to reconsider their stand on the industrial
action, saying the President Muhammadu Buhari government had demonstrated high
commitment towards meeting the welfare of workers.
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