State Salary Arrears: Four Nigerian States Where Civil Servants Haven’t Been Paid for Months

Civil servants in several states are going without pay for up to six months. While governors showcase new roads and luxury travel, teachers, nurses, local government workers and pensioners return home empty-handed. Abia State leads with some tertiary staff owed six months’ pay and secondary health workers unpaid for ten months. Teachers there haven’t seen leave allowances since 2008. Taraba State civil servants report irregular payments, waiting months before any salary arrives. In Ebonyi State, elderly pensioners have gone half a year without pensions. Ondo State lecturers and midwives say they haven’t received a kobo in four months.

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