Buhari told what to do to ‘Oliver Twist’ governors

– NUPENG urged the various state governments to look inwards and look for ways to generate revenue instead of relying on bailouts

– Korodo said many governors appoint too many aides who do nothing than drain the lean purse of such states

– He advised  governors to block all existing leakages in revenue generation in their states and stop depending on federal allocations

Governors must now be stopped from relying on bailouts to pay workers’ salaries, the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has told the federal government.

Muhammadu Buhari with governors.

Mr Tokunbo Korodo, NUPENG’s south-west chairman, while giving the advice in Lagos, urged the various state governments to look inwards and look for ways to generate revenue.

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He further urged them to get serious and stop relying on monthly allocations from the federation account.

Many state governors are finding it increasingly difficult to pay salaries.

Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa state said recently that governors should not be blamed for their inability to pay the salaries of workers.

27 states have been finding it difficult to pay the salaries of their workers in spite of the bailout fund they received from the federal government. Five other states recently applied for another round of fund from the federal government.

They received N713.7 billion as bailout funds sometime ago but President Muhammadu Buhari expressed dismay that the funds were not judiciously spent.

Some of the governors have however denied wasting the bailout funds with some of them explaining how they spent it.

Korodo said many state governors appoint too many aides who do nothing than drain the lean purse of such states.

If the governors must save cost, they should look inwards, Korodo said.

“Most of the governors have about 20 commissioners and over 42 special advisers, besides another large number of associates from which they have appointed the heads of various boards and agencies in the state.

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“Governors from the 27 states that cannot pay monthly salaries of their workers should look inwards to find new ways of making money to settle their wage bills,” Korod said urging the governors to go into agriculture.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Korodo advised  governors to block all existing leakages in revenue generation in their states and so they would have more money.

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