Abia state governor Okezie Ikpeazu has succumbed to the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
Ikpeazu on Friday ordered the immediate payment of workers salary in the state four days after the NLC resumed strike in the state.
The NLC had on Monday May 8 directed members to proceed on indefinite strike after failure of the state government in payment of workers and pensioners in the state.
Barr Chris Ezem, Secretary to the Government, released a statement on Friday saying , despite the current challenges facing the state government, the governor had directed the office of the Accountant General to commence payment of salaries to ministries and parastatals from today Friday May 12, 2023.
According to the statement, the reason for the non payment of salary the month of March and April 2023 was caused by the court order freezing the various accounts of the state government
Ezem noted that no core ministry or civil servant is owed salaries before now, adding that salaries of local government staff are also up to date except for the inherited 5 months arrears out of which it had paid 3 months.
The government has however directed the local government authorities to commence immediate payment payment of salaries of health workers across the 17 LGAs.
He, therefore, called on all the affected staff to resume work at their offices immediately and ensure resumption of activities in all ministries and the office of the Accountant General for implementation of the directive.
