The state Chairman, Comrade Uchenna Obigwe, told newsmen in Umuahia that the accountant-general is deceiving the public in a report in a national daily (not Daily Sun and expdonaloaded blog). Obigwe said over nine parastatals are still being owed salaries ranging from three to eight months. Onyendinefu was quoted in a national daily, saying that the state government has paid its workers up till May.
Obigwe named the parastatals being owed to include the State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, eight months, Hospital Management Board, seven months, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, four months and the State Universal Basic Education Board, six months.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com..According to him, teachers are owed six months, local government workers, three months, the state radio station (BCA), three months, state Polytechnic, Aba, four months and College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, seven months.Obigwe said Labour was disappointed that the accountant-general would dish out “such lies to the public”, when the workers were actually suffering. He urged him to retract his statement and tell the public the truth.The state NLC gave Onyendinefu one week to retract his statement and tell the public the true position of government’s indebtedness to the workers.
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