APC CHAIRMAN COMMENDS GOVERNOR LALONG OVER PAYMENT OF WORKERS' SALARIES & PENSION

APC CHAIRMAN COMMENDS GOVERNOR LALONG OVER PAYMENT OF WORKERS' SALARIES & PENSION.

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Plateau State Chapter, Hon Rufus Bature has commended the Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong over the payment of backlog of workers' salaries and for being up to date in the payment of pension to retired civil servants in the sate.

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Hon.Sylvanus Namang, APC State Publicity Secretary and made available to this medium stated that APC Chairman said he is quite delighted by the confirmation by both the Honourable Commissioner of Finance  Mrs Regina Soemlat and the Accountant General of the state, Dr Cyril Tsenyil that the government has paid workers' salaries and Third Party  deductions up to December 2022 while it is working earnestly to pay January very soon.

According to Hon Rufus Bature, as a mark of respect for senior citizens  who have served the state diligently and have retired,  the government,  under the Captain of the Rescue Administration, has been very prompt in paying their pensions. 

The APC state Chairman was delighted that inspite of the economic downturn being experienced by the country which has led to a drastic fall in  revenue allocation to the state, GoverLalong has been able to fulfil his obligations to the workforce. 

Hon. Rufus Bature thanked the civil servants who are the engine room of government for their patience and understanding.

He charged them to reciprocate the gesture of the Governor by putting in their best in their various places of work.

It may be recalled that the Lalong administration on assumption of office in  May 2015, cleared the backlog of workers' salaries left by his predecessor, for upward of six to seven months and had remained consistent in the payment of salaries as and when due, thus earning him the appellation of 'Governor Alert' by the workers.