After about seven months of waiting, civil servants on the payroll of the Benue state government have started receiving their monthly salaries.
The civil servents had gone without salaries since December 2022 following periods of court garnishee orders on the bank accounts of the government and other sundry issues.
But on assumption of office, Governor Hyacinth Alia during his June 12, 2023 Democracy Day broadcast assured the civil servants that they would start receiving their salaries from June 25.
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The Governor during the broadcast said, “we are aware of the sufferings and hardships of our people especially Civil Servants and retirees due to non-payment of their Salaries, Pensions and Gratuities. We call for your patience and understanding as we are working hard to address these problems. Indeed, as from 25th of this month, Civil Servants should start expecting alerts for their payments.”
Keeping to his promise, Benue civil servants started receiving their salary alerts on Sunday evening being June 25, but all they got was the May salary.
Though at the time of this report some civil servants were still eagerly expecting their alerts.
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