ORTOM PROMISED TO STEP UP PAYMENT OF SALARIES AS FEDERAL ALLOCATION IMPROVES.

ORTOM PROMISED TO STEP UP PAYMENT OF SALARIES AS FEDERAL ALLOCATION IMPROVES. story by Rose Ameh.

Civil servants in Benue have been assured of prompt payment of salaries now that a considerable improvement has been effected in the Federal allocation. The governor who made the assertion in a thanksgiving service at Yaikyor, Makurdi yesterday also announced a cancellation of his planned foreign trip to Europe and America which he attributed to paucity of funds in the states' treasury and has also assured of a refund of the N21 million already paid to him for the said trip. Governor Ortom particularly disclosed that those owed February and March salaries will be paid shortly and reiterated his resolve to maintain a style of leadership hinged on transparency and accountability.