Following the resolution of the long standing strike by civil servants/local government workers in Plateau state, the State Government has debunked suggestions that it has been unable to pay the agreed three months salary which was promised as a condition to call off the strike, because it had deposited the funds in a risky high interest earning finance scheme.

Following the resolution of the long standing strike by civil servants/local government workers in Plateau state, the State Government has debunked suggestions that it has been unable to pay the agreed three months salary which was promised as a condition to call off the strike, because it had deposited the funds in a risky high interest earning finance scheme.

Debunking these insinuations, the commissioner for Local Government affairs Dr. Paul Wai stated emphatically that the said funds were never deposited in any interest yielding finance scheme which has gone burst. In a statement issued yesterday in Jos, he said “all Local Governments have paid the October and November salaries in full whilst December payments have since commenced”. He further stated that the Government strongly debunks insinuations that monies meant for the payment of staff salaries were either deposited in interest yielding fixed accounts, invested in Fadama or used to fund political campaigns. He further suggested that such insinuations were baseless and mischievous with the sole aim of pitching the workers against the Government.

His statements are coming at the backdrop of the proliferation of such finance schemes in Jos, which in majority of cases have close down abruptly without prior warning, leaving people who invested in such schemes distressed.

by Jerry Ladan

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Plateau State Government denies depositing money meant for paying salaries in risky finance scheme