Kogi state government has released N2billion to the 21 local government councils as their share of the N6.2billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the federal government.
This is contained in statement by the commissioner of Finance, Idris Ashiru.
He noted the state government’s share of the refund was N4.02billion.
Ashiru said that N1.716billion out of the government share had been released for the payment of May and June salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff in tertiary institutions.
Ashiru said that N1.323billion was expended on the payment of May and June pensions of retired workers.
The commissioner added that N987million was expended on the payment of May salary of workers in ministries, departments and agencies.
“In addition, the Ministry of Finance made additional fund of N3,219,145,997.12 available to the Accountant-General to clear arrears of May salary of civil servants”, the official stated.
Ashiru said that staff of the judiciary, the legislature and political office holders had since been paid their June salaries.
“It is important to note that Governor Yahaya Bello directed that the state should use all the Paris Refund to clear outstanding salaries and pensions as against the undertaken with the Federal Government to use only 75 per cent of the refund”, he added.
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