THE Sokoto State Government has promised to pay its workers who did not receive their February salaries before the end of tomorrow, April 6.
All the state civil service workers will also receive their March salaries alongside those receiving their February pay before the Easter break, which begins on April 7.
In a statement signed by Muhammad Bello, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the state Governor Aminu Tambuwal, the government denied claims by its workers that almost one-third of them did not receive the February pay.
He quoted the state Commissioner of Finance, Dr Ali Inname, as making the pledge to pay the salaries on Wednesday, April 5, while briefing newsmen after the state executive council meeting.
“Inname refuted allegations that over ten thousand staff are yet to receive their February salaries. He explained that out of the total 35,320 civil servants in the state, only 1,054 were yet to receive their February salaries.
“The commissioner described a statement credited to some civil servants claiming that about 10,000 government employees are yet to receive their February salary as false, malicious and misleading,” he said.
He blamed the delay in the payment of February salary on the challenges experienced by some banks where the salary of a portion of the state’s staff was lodged.
He gave the breakdown of those affected as 736 in GTBank while 323 are with other banks.
He said the commission assured that the challenges had been resolved and the payments would be effected before or within 24 hours together with the March salary that would be paid with the backlog.
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