Govt workers’ June salaries may be delayed

The monthly meeting of the Federal Account and Allocation Committee (FAAC) ended in stalemate on Wednesday in Abuja for undisclosed reasons.

The meeting, which was chaired by Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun and comprising of all the commissioners of finance of the federation and representatives of federal government agencies including revenue generating agencies, is a forum where money is shared among the three tiers of governments.

The development may cause delay in the payment of workers’ salary for June at different tiers of government if the reason responsible for the deadlock is not addressed quickly.

Chairman, Forum of Finance Commissioners, Mahmoud Yunusa, declined to speak on the reason for the fruitless meeting.

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But, the Director Press, Ministry of Finance, Hassan Dodo, who addressed newsmen shortly after the meeting, described the meeting as inconclusive, noting that the meeting would reconvene at a later date.

“This briefing cannot hold because the FAAC meeting ended inconclusive and has been rescheduled for another date.

“We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you but be rest assured you will be re-invited for the briefing on a later date,” Dodo said.

In March, similar occurrence had played out and was attributed to the discrepancies in revenue remittances of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Federation Account.

This is an indication that the reason for the delay in this month’s meeting may not be unconnected to the failure of the corporation to remit all revenue accrued within the month to the Federation Account.

 

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