Rotimi Amaechi
The Rivers State Government has dispelled rumours been peddled by the Felix Obuah led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that it was unable to pay July, 2013 salaries of civil servants in the state.
The government, therefore, described the Felix Obuah faction as serial liars who had consistently sacrificed the truth on the alter of scoring cheap political points.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Rivers State Governor, David Iyofor admonished the Obuah group, its backers and sponsors to desist from misinforming and misleading the public as the Amaechi administration remained committed to the welfare of workers in the state
The statement read in parts, “It’s amazing how low these people (Obuah group) can go in the name of playing politics. You can’t stand truth on its head because you want to fish for a reason to abuse and attack Governor Amaechi. Felix Obuah and his co-travellers should stop playing politics with the lives of Rivers people.
“They claim Governor Amaechi could not pay workers’ salaries but even before they started peddling their wicked lies, civil servants’ salaries in the state were been paid and the payment is on-going. This can be easily verified both from the banks and civil servants; and the state leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) and Trade Union Congress(TUC), the two umbrella unions of the workers. As the banks furnish the State Ministry of Finance with the new 10 digits United (NUBAN) Account Numbers from the old 13 digit Account Numbers, payments are been made. Anybody that does transaction with any bank is aware of the recent migration by banks from the old 13 digit Account Numbers to the 10 digit new Unified (NUBAN) Account Numbers.
“Indeed, Obuah and his fellow co-travellers deserve our pity and sympathy as they seem to suffer from a chronic case of selective amnesia, otherwise, they would have known that Governor Amaechi do not joke or play politics with the welfare of workers and that’s why Rivers State today pays N22, 000(Twenty-Two Thousand Naira) minimum wage which is more than the national/federal minimum wage of N18,000(Eighteen Thousand Naira). It is on record that presently, the Amaechi administration pays one of the highest civil service salary scale in the country, and with absolutely no backlog of unpaid salaries. And just in case Obuah and his group do not know, that is what is called commitment to workers’ welfare. This again, is something Obuah and his group can easily verify.
“The Rivers State government finances under the leadership of His Excellency, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi continues to be robust and administered in a prudent, accountable and transparent manner as can be witnessed by the growing internally generated revenue profile and timely funding of workers’ salaries and welfare related expenditures, numerous infrastructural projects and social programmes in the state. It is, therefore, grossly misleading, irresponsible and repugnant for Felix Obuah and his co-travellers to say otherwise”.
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