The Ondo State government is working hard to pay two months salary arrears, Chris Kolawole, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, has said.
He spoke yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Kolawole attributed the delay to the nation’s economic downturn.
“Ondo State is part of Nigeria; whatever affects the nation affects the state, the global dropping in oil prices is also affecting the state’s allocation.
“The situation has affected us so much in the sense that salary is falling in arrears.
“Nonetheless, the government has done so much in terms of trade and commerce to boost the economic potential of the state,’’ he said.
Kolawole told NAN that the state had completed computation of its work force to rid off ghost workers in the system.