SGF staff raise alarm over unpaid arrears

Daily Trust investigations reveal that over 30 members of staff of the OSGF who were promoted between 2009 and 2013 who are in the 3rd batch have not received payment of their arrears while 1st and 2nd batches have since been paid.Some of the affected staff said in 2012 the OSGF set up a task […]

Daily Trust investigations reveal that over 30 members of staff of the OSGF who were promoted between 2009 and 2013 who are in the 3rd batch have not received payment of their arrears while 1st and 2nd batches have since been paid.
Some of the affected staff said in 2012 the OSGF set up a task force to verify genuine claims and commenced payment in 2013 but however ran into problems from the cash office with 10-digit NUBAN number of some claimants.
The affected staff, who spoke on condition of anonymity, wondered why their claims, amounting to about N4 million could not be paid up till now when N23 million was provided for and set aside in a service wide account.
The staff said the sum, raised vide a voucher by the Central Pay Office, was warehoused in a certain bank towards the end of 2013 such that it could not be returned to government as unspent funds.  They however said the only response to any enquiry by them since January 2014 is that “nobody knows” compelling them to consider taking their grievances to the EFCC in order to get their arrears paid.
Attempts to hear from the spokesperson of the OSGF Sam Nwaobasi were not successful as he did not pick our reporter’s phone call and also did not reply text and email messages on the matter.