The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) will from next month begin the payment of benefits to 15, 227 disengaged workers of parastatals and agencies, a senior official has said.
The official told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja that N19billion had been set aside for the payment, which would cover 11 federal parastatal and agencies.
The workers were disengaged last year with a promise that they would get their cheques after a training workshop on entrepreneurship in April, but a year later that had not been paid.
This article addresses the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) deciding that next month they will begin paying benefits to disengaged workers that were promised to be paid last year. These payments are set aside to cover eleven federal parastatal and agencies. These payments were promised to these individuals if they attended a training workshop on entrepreneurship, but a year after this they had still not been paid. This could have caused these individuals to question the government's ability to keep the promises that are made, thus affecting legitimacy. The official blamed the delay in payment on faults in the records. The Accountant General of the Federation said that they "are now in the process of releasing funds to the twelve banks that will be involved in the process." So despite the delay in payment of these funds, the government and its agencies have kept their promise to pay benefits to disengaged workers. This is an example of the government keeping their word although it did take an extended period of time.
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