The Abia State government has said workers in state-owned tertiary institutions are owed N16.5 billion, saying that the amount was inherited from the immediate past administration in the state.
The Commissioner for Finance, Mike Akpara made the disclosure in Umuahia where he listed the institutions as Abia State University, Uturu, ABSU, College of Education Technical, Arochukwu, College of Health Sciences, Aba, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba and Abia State University Teaching Hospital, also in Aba. 'The total amount of salaries being owed to all these institutions, as we speak, is N16.5 billion and the government is expected to pay those arrears.
recalls that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, at Abia State University Uturu, last week, said staff of the institution were still owed salaries, adding that they suffered deductions in salaries in April and May.
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