Rivers: Ibas directs immediate payment of outstanding salaries of council workers

Rivers State Sole Administrator Vice-Admiral Ibok Ibas (rtd), has directed the immediate payment of outstanding salaries of councils’ employees, confirming that the federal government had released the withheld revenue allocations of local governments and the state.

Speaking during a meeting with Heads of Local Government Administration and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibas said he was concerned about the hardship faced by workers in the councils, who had been owed their salaries for February and March.

Ibas, during his meeting with the LG officials, said the councils’ monthly allocations for February and March were withheld on the strength of the February 28, 2025 judgment of the Supreme Court which annulled the local government council elections of 5th October, 2024.

He directed the LGs to furnish him with their wage bills to enable him “acquaint myself with the situation as this will enable me deal with such matter.’

All such submissions, according to him, should be supported with relevant documents.

He warned against reckless spending of public funds at the local government levels.

Credit: The Nation