Ahead of the Eid-el- Fitri celebration in Kogi State, civil servants in the state at the weekend commended Governor Yahaya Bello, for paying the backlog of their salaries inherited by his administration. A worker in the state civil service, Adejo Haruna, made the commendation in Lokoja at a news conference. Haruna, who claimed that he is representing a group in the labour union, said the government has met the expectations of all workers as promised by the governor, who said he was going to pay every genuine worker in the state.
He said every worker in the state has been paid, including the local government councils. Haruna appealed to the labour union to call off the strike if truly they were fighting in the interest of the workers, especially now that the government has cleared the salaries owed workers in the state.
A local government worker at the news conference, who simply gave her name as Juliana Aaron, from Lokoja Local Government said “at least our families can now celebrates Sallah, I have been paid my three months’ salaries.”
