Expdonaloaded News; Ugwuanyi orders LG chairmen to clear salary arrears

Governor  Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed local government chairmen in the state to clear the salary arrears owed their staff members without further delay.
The state Commissioner for Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele, disclosed this during a meeting with members of the Correspondents Chapel of the state council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Enugu.
Udeuhele said the governor had decried the attitude of some of the chairmen, whom he said, owed upwards of three to four months salary arrears.
According to the Expdonaloaded blog (Elb),  he said  some of the chairmen flouted the directive prompting the governor to request for the statement of their income and expenditure for the period.
“With that singular directive, they decided to comply. So, as we speak, the workers are getting their salaries due to the intervention of the governor.
“Some complied with the directive while others flouted it, but the governor in a bid to ensure that the workers got their entitlements, directed them to provide all their income and expenditure, to know their financial capabilities.
“All that we are saying is that if you pay the workers their salaries and do developmental projects, other things will follow,” the commissioner said.
Udeuhele stated that the state government was up-to-date in the payment of its workers, adding that government would always take the issues of remunerations seriously.
He said since the governor assumed office, he had not left anyone in doubt of his ability to advance the economy of the state.
“This is a brand new government with new ideas and the governor has done so many things, which have left no one in doubt that he knows what he is doing,” he said.
The commissioner listed the construction of Ogbete Main Market Road and another ongoing road project in Emene, as some of the major successes the governor recorded so far.
Udeuhele said  though the state was grappling with paucity of funds, the governor had been prudent in the management of available resources.
He appealed to the media to see the state government as partners in the onerous task of improving on the lives of residents of the state, saying, “We want you to work closely with us and let nobody say what government did not do.”
Responding on behalf of the correspondents, the Vice-Chairman of the chapel, Mr. Regis Anukwoji, commended the commissioner and assured that they would partner with the state government in publicising its programmes.