N13.5b Paris Club Refund: Kogi Appointees Paid Three months Owed Salary, Workers and Pensioners hope dashed.

Despite raising hopes of workers and pensioners in the state over payment of their salaries and pension, Kogi State government within the week only paid three months to political appointees out of months owed them and has deliberately abandoned workers and pensioners in the state. 

The receipt of N13.5billion Paris Club refund paid into Kogi State government account and the N4.2b statutory monthly allocation received weeks back raised hope of workers and pensioners in the state but all hopes were dashed when only the appointees were paid.

Based on agreement with the federal government 70% of the refunds is meant to pay workers and pensioners their emoluments but up till the moment the government has shown no readiness in making both the table or account payment of its workers salaries.

Aside the recent windfall, the state government got N4.2billion barely a week before the windfall arrived but could still not pay workers and pensioners.

Obviously Kogi State Government only paid his political appointees three months salary with the wind fall received and had refused to pay workers.

In a meeting with the appointees, the Governor was said have boasted that he doesn't have fears over the 2019/2020 election, that its won already and equally urge all appointees to be committed to the party and be appreciative for the three months paid. 

The government have used the wind fall of N13.5b to pay three months to only political appointees and made had made a U-turn on the initial promise to pay four months to civil servants.