‘Abia not owing salary’

The Abia State Government is not owing its workers, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ugochukwu Emezue, has said.
Emezue also said the new minimum wage of N20,100, which Governor Theodore Orji, approved has been paid to all workers.


He said those who have not been paid were from some local governments, whose accountants refused to submit their lists before salary vouchers were prepared.
The aide said those who are saying the government owed its workers are not telling the truth.


Emezue said the workers, who have been paid are those who were captured with the biometrics machine.
He said the exercise has helped the government to identify over 558 ghost workers.