The Ebonyi Government says it is deeply saddened that teachers under the Ebonyi State Universal Education Board (EBSUBEB) and their counterparts in the Local Government system have yet to receive their February and March salaries.

The Commissioner for Education (Primary and Secondary Schools), Prof. Paul Nwobashi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki on Friday.

Nwobashi said that the challenge was entirely an allocation problem.

According to him, the LGAs have not been receiving their statutory monthly allocation from the Federation Account for some time now.

He said that the development affected the smooth running of the local government administration.

He said that the salaries of teachers, under the control of the EBSUBEB, were paid by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) via Federal Allocation paid directly into the Local Government’s Federal Allocation Account.

Nwobashi said that the State Government had been augmenting LG funds to ensure that salaries were paid to workers in the local government system “to save the workers untold hardship”.

Nwobashi said that the State Government was deeply worried by the situation.

He, however, gave assurance that government was doing everything possible to ensure that the issue was resolved in earnest.

He further promised that the affected teachers and workers in the LG system would soon receive their outstanding February and March salaries.

“But, we are doing everything possible to ensure that they are paid.


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