BudgIT has again raised alarm
that some states are yet to fully offset the outstanding amount owed pensioners
and civil servants despite series of N1.8trillion bailouts.
BudgIT is a civic organization
that uses tech tools to simplify the budget and public spending to raise the
standard of transparency and accountability in government.
On Sunday, Ayomide Faleye, BudgIT
head of communication, released a report of a recently conducted survey aimed
at ascertaining the frequency and magnitude of challenges civil servants and
pensioners are encountering.
The report explained that the survey focused on three categories of workers in all 36
states – primary and secondary school teachers, midwives and secretariat
workers – while attention was paid to ascertain if retirees level were
receiving pensions as at when due.
Faleye said BudgIT discovered
that 12 states are yet to offset the amount owed secondary school teachers
fully and that many states are threatening workers to keep the information away
from public domain.
The report reads: “Notable among
states with outstanding liabilities to secondary teachers is Osun and Kogi
state.
“Osun State has been paying
secondary school teachers above level 8 only a fraction of their salaries and
entitlement for the last 30 months.
“Cumulatively, Osun state is
owing secondary school teachers above level 8 about 15 months salary.
“Other states with outstanding
liabilities to states include Abia, Benue, Bayelsa, Kwara, Imo, Ekiti, Oyo,
Ondo and Zamfara.
“Kogi State, for instance, is
owing teachers about 13 months salaries according to the response given by
secondary school teachers during the survey.
“Midwives, whose responsibility
includes attending to issues around pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, women’s
sexual and reproductive health and newborn care – are also bugged down by
issues including failure of some state to pay salaries and emolument as at when
due.
“Midwives were questioned during
the survey across the 36 states. BudgIT discovered that 10 states are owing
midwives salaries as at close of business on September 24, 2018.
“Delta, Imo, Abia, Osun, Plateau,
Bayelsa, Ekiti and 11 other states owe Pensioners entitlement ranging from 1
month to 36 months.
“Almost all pensioners expressed
how unhappy they are, their dissatisfaction with the government and how hard it
has been for them to survive despite years of hard work up into service
“BudgIT hereby ask States to
offset outstanding liabilities to its workers and pensioners as funds in form
of bailout estimated to be in the region of N1.8 trillion have been issues to
states to offset all outstanding liabilities owe workers.”
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