Kwara govt reacts to LG workers’ withheld November salaries

Kwara State government has reacted to the ultimatum issued by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the withheld 2024 November salaries of local government workers in the state.

The state Commissioner for Finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru, in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, disclosed that workers yet to be paid were those who have not registered with the state residents registration agency as directed by government since July 2024, or those with other pending issues.

The commissioner said only three percent of the State Universal Basic Education Board teachers and 22, percent of the local government workers were yet to be cleared by the registration agency, while the government had already briefed labour leaders in the state on the matter

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