Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
The Cross River Government has debunked media reports alleging that it has been unable to pay salaries to workers and gratuities to pensioners in the state.
The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr Timothy Akwaji, who debunked this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Calabar, described the report as malicious, false and untrue.
According tonthe statement: “The attention of the Cross River State Government has been drawn to malicious propaganda in the public space that the State Government is owing salaries and pension.
“it is unarguable that even in the face of challenging revenue, inflow, couple with suffocating debt burden, the Ayade administration has consistently place premium on payment of salaries and pension to the admiration of all, little wonder the State is not in arrears of salaries and pension”.
The statement warned any person or group of person who have genuine claims of being owed salaries and pension to forward such claims to the head of service for necessary action.
It warned that the government shall not hesitate to sanction those carrying out malicious propaganda.
“As a government, we shall remain focused in our determination addressing concern of workers”, the statement said.
