Subsidy: Kwara Spends N1.3bn Monthly On Workers' Palliatives

Date: 2024-01-26

Kwara State government said it is spending additional N1.392 billion monthly on the payment of palliatives to civil servants in the state since the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government.

The government disclosed the figure following agitations for more welfare packages by the leadership of the joint labour unions in the state.

The organised labour had given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to meet its demands or face industrial action.

But, the state government in a statement signed by the commissioner for Communication, Mrs Bola Olukoju explained that,” since the wake of and since the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government, the administration has committed additional N1.392 billion every month to payment of palliatives to the workers alone.

“This administration, despite being among the third lowest recipients of federal allocations, has fewer rivals in the country in terms of prompt payment of salary and general welfare of workers,” Olukoju added.

She, however, restated the state government's commitment to the promotion of the welfare of workers and the people of the state.

The commissioner added that “as things stand today at the state level, an average of 74.06 per cent of federal allocation to the state goes into payment of salaries and allowances of workers alone. This does not include the cost of providing government services or any public emergency. At the local government level, between 80 per cent and 95 per cent of their monthly allocations go into paying workers' salary alone.

“This leaves just a pittance for the rest of the population and developmental projects. It is worse at the local government level. This often forces the government to resort to different financial strategies, including loans, to maintain or expand existing infrastructure and develop new ones to ensure socioeconomic growth and human capital development.

“Regardless, the administration understands the critical roles that workers play in the implementation of projects, policies, and programmes of government, and will continue to pay attention to the welfare of workers in a sustainable way. To this end, the government is already doing a lot of reviews to gradually accommodate the demands.”

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Unilorin     Abiodun Oyedepo     Rachael Obisesan     Sulyman Tejidini     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Olatunji Moronfoye     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Niyi Osundare     Tafida Of Kaiama     Ishaq Oloyede     Onikijipa     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Kayode Ibrahim     Government High School Adeta     Olabode Towoju     First Lady     Sunday Popo-Ola     Paul Olawoore     Afonja Descendants Union     Ubandawaki     Isapa     Kwara Metro Park     Akeem Lawal     Bolaji Abdullahi     Omotosho     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Yahaya Muhammad     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Femtech     Dorcas Afeniforo     National Party Of Nigeria     Kwara Liberation Group     Kwara 2023     Oke-Ero     Mujtabah Bature     Nurudeen Mohammed     Aliyu Umar     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     High Court     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Muritala Awodun     Balogin Alanamu     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Kwara Polytechnic     Olusegun Adeniyi     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Yakubu Shaaba     Waheed Ibrahim     Amina El-Imam     Nigeria Customs Service     Olusola Saraki     Kolawole Bashirat     Amuda Bembe     Saliu Alamoyo     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Yusuf Ali     Neo Mundo Ltd     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     NNPP     Baruten     Yomi Adeboye     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Okiki     Shao     Ghali Alaaya     Dauda Adesola     Adamu Attah     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Kwara University Of Education    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Reuben Paraje     Sobi     Fatimat Saliu     Doyin Awoyale     Bilikisu Oniyangi     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Abiodun Oyedepo     Musa Yeketi     Yusuf Mubarak     New Model Police Station     Ahman Pategi     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Shola Odetundun     Ishaq Oloyede     Fatai Olodo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     PAACO-PCL Consortium     ITEM 7     Sulyman Buhari     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     KW-GIS     Opobiyi     Dumagi     Edret Sabi Abel     Usman Alkali Baba     Kayode Alabi     Timothy Akangbe     Peter Obi     Moses Afolayan     Otoge     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Osuwa     Kayode Bankole     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Kola Olota     Kwabes     Nigerian Army     Irepodun     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Isiaka Yusuf     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Odo-Owa     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Press Release     Sebastine Obasi     Yoonus Lawal     George Funsho Adebayo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Maja     Bola Magaji     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Plat Technologies Limited     Oba Of Jebba     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Col. Adedipe     IYA YUSUF     Bola Shagaya     Binta Sulyman     Baruten     Baba Issa     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     SSA Youth     Oni Adebayo     Obuh     Sobi FM     Eghe Igbinehi     2017 Budget     Edu     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Offa Poly     Aliyu Muyideen     Okala Baba     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Isau