President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed all State Governors to pay workers their monthly salary before Christmas. The President stated this on Monday during a crucial meeting with State Governors at the State House. The Personal Assistant to the President on New Media Basir, Ahmad made the disclosure on his Twitter handle.
According to him “President Muhammadu Buhari during the meeting with state governors charged them to ensure that they pay all the salaries owed workers before Christmas.”
The President also directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Budget and Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to work with the Governors to ensure the payment of outstanding Paris and London Clubs before the end of the year.
The directive was made public on one of the Presidency's Twitter handles @NGRPresident.
The tweet read “President @MBuhari has directed the Ministers of @FinMinNigeria and Budget & National Planning and Governor @cenbank to commence negotiations with the Governors Forum to enable payment of outstanding Paris & London Club refunds, before the end of the year”
