Benue state workers hail Governor Alia for prompt payment of salaries

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has fulfilled his promise to commence payment of salary to workers from June 25, 2023.

Recall that the previous administration led by Ortom defaulted in payment of salaries and arrears to Civil servants in the state.

The backlog of salary arrears was one of the factors responsible for the loss of Ortom-led Peoples Democratic Party in the last general elections.

However, Alia had, in his Democracy Day broadcast, promised to start payment of salary as from June 25.

A cross-section of workers, who spoke to our correspondent on Monday, expressed joy and commended the governor for honouring his words.

A staff member in the Ministry of Works, Tony Msugh,said, “I thank the governor for fulfilling his promise. Do you know that people started receiving alert since Sunday, which some of us never expected?

“Our prayer is that the state should not have the kind of leader we had in the past eight years.”