CIVIL SERVANTS PLEAD WITH BUHARI OVER PAYMENT OF SALARIES

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the timely payment of workers salary.

In a statement signed by its secretary general, Alade Lawal in Lagos on Monday, December 14, the ASCSN asked the president to give a directive to the effect that salaries should be paid up-to–date, Vanguard reports.

The group said the situation where payment of salaries was delayed in past administrations should not repeat itself while advising Buhari to guard against fifth columnist that pushed past governments to implement policies that were anti-people.

According to the ASCSN, thousands of public servants in some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) had not been paid their salaries since October.

This is the same ugly situation that prevailed last year until ASCSN threatened a nation-wide strike before salaries of workers could be paid.
This persistent policy to kill-joy by past Federal Administrations should not be allowed to continue and the President has the capacity to bring it to an end,

the statement read. The Federal Ministries of Education, Information, Trade and Investment and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation weer listed among those owing workers salaries. They urged President Buhari to direct the Federal Ministry of Finance and Budget Office to release funds to pay workers’ salaries to enable them enjoy the forthcoming festive season.

We appeal to the President not to allow the goodwill that brought him to power to be eroded by unpatriotic citizens,

the statement read.

The ASCSN also asked Buhari to take urgent steps to fish out saboteurs in the system, who are bent on frustrating his good intentions for the Nigerian workers.