Buhari to Meet With State Governors Over Unpaid Workers' Salaries

President Buhari out of concern has scheduled a meeting with Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria specifically to discuss the looming crisis of unpaid salaries of state civil servants.

This meeting was called after an appeal by the 36 State Governors for a Presidential intervention into the empty accounts and inability to pay State civil servants. The focus of the meeting will be the sourcing of funds to enable the affected States to pay their debts.

The 18 States that are currently indebted to their workers are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Zamfara.

The Federal Government in its bid to solve this crisis maybe forced to source funds from the financially strained external reserves of the country.