The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Plateau State Chapter, Hon Rufus Bature has commended the Plateau State Governor, Barr. Simon Bako Lalong over the payment of backlog of workers’ salaries and for being up to date in the payment of pension to retired civil servants in the state.
The APC Chairman said he is quite delighted by the confirmation by both the State Commissioner of Finance Mrs. Regina Soemlat and the Accountant General of the state, Dr. Cyril Tsenyil that the government has paid workers’ salaries and Third Party deductions up to December 2022 while it is working earnestly to pay January very soon.
The APC chairman in a Press Statement signed and issued on Sunday in Jos by the State APC State Publicity Secretary Hon. Sylvanus Namang said as a mark of respect for senior citizens who have served the state diligently and have retired, the government, under the Captain of the Rescue Administration, has been very prompt in paying their pensions.
Bature said he is delighted that despite the economic downturn being experienced by the country which has led to a drastic fall in revenue allocation to the state, Lalong has been able to fulfill his obligations to the workforce.
He thanked the civil servants who are the engine room of government for their patience and understanding.
He charged them to reciprocate the gesture of the Governor by putting in their best in their various places of work.
It may be recalled that the Lalong administration on assumption of office in May 2015, cleared the backlog of workers’ salaries left by his predecessor, for upward of six to seven months and had remained consistent in the payment of salaries as and when due, thus earning him the appellation of ‘Governor Alert’ by the workers.
