Abia State House Of Assembly Members Threaten Showdown Over Unpaid Salaries, Allowances, Severance PackageSaharaReporters had reported that the 24 members of the 7th Abia Assembly have been embroiled
in a serious crisis over the leadership of the House.Members of the Abia State House of Assembly have threatened to shut down the state if their three months’ salary arrears, severance package as well as sitting allowances owed them are not paid before May 29 handover.
A source told SaharaReporters on Friday that the owed salaries and allowances of the state lawmakers could be traced to the financial crisis, which led to the freezing of all accounts linked to Abia State government, a situation that has made any financial transactions of the state impossible, including the assessment of the N2.8billion Paris Club fund.
"We are being owed several months of unpaid salaries, including our exit package and sitting allowances. This is even after several promises by the governor to clear the backlog but nothing has been heard from him. If he fails to live up to his promise, we will have to do our job as lawmakers,” one of the lawmakers revealed.
"This brawl led about 16 of them to sign for the impeachment of the Speaker, where it was alleged that the Governor supported the move as the plot was hatched at a government facility owned by Abia State House of Assembly.
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