Gov Abdulrazaq Clears ‘Inherited’ Kwara LG, SUBEB Workers’ Salary Arrears
The current administration in Kwara state has cleared all the inherited SUBEB teachers and local government workers’ salary arrears, Press Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Babatunde Toyin Abdulrasheed, disclosed in a statement he issued in Ilorin on Thursday.
The statement noted that figures from the last allocation meeting of the local governments showed that the government has made N1,297,389,165.83 available to clear the remaining salary arrears owed to the SUBEB teachers while 1,622,673,992.12 was provided for that of the local government workers .
‘Between January 2020 and January 2024, the AbdulRazaq administration has spent at least N5.5bn to offset SUBEB teachers, local government workers and local government pensioners’ salary and pension arrears alone – apart from meeting its multibillion naira monthly obligations to these categories of workers and many others since it came into being in 2019.
The government has also approved cash-backing for the implementation of 2022 promotion for teaching and non-teaching staff at SUBEB, a decision that is part of the government’s efforts to boost the purchasing powers of workers at a time like this.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has constantly said he would clear all the salary and promotion arrears he inherited from his predecessor, a campaign promise he has fulfilled in phases since he assumed office in 2019.
The final settlement of the SUBEB and Local Government workers’ salary arrears brings to a close the consistent agitation for the payment of the money, which dated back to 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019′ the statement added–Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
