Why FG must monitor bailout funds to states – Union

Secretary-General of the ASCSN Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal in a statement in Lagos alleged that some state governors had concluded plans to divert the fund meant for settlement of arrears of salaries and allowances of workers for private purposes thinking that it was business as usual.“This is why we are requesting that the Presidency should […]

Secretary-General of the ASCSN Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal in a statement in Lagos alleged that some state governors had concluded plans to divert the fund meant for settlement of arrears of salaries and allowances of workers for private purposes thinking that it was business as usual.
“This is why we are requesting that the Presidency should set up necessary machinery to monitor the disbursement of the fund by the state governments to ensure that it is used to pay salaries and allowances.
“It will be a tragedy if this humongous sum of money is diverted to private pockets and not used to pay public servants their salaries and allowances some of which have been outstanding for more than nine months,” the union emphasized.
The ASCSN noted that states should be encouraged to imbibe the culture of financial prudence and discouraged from embarking on white elephant projects or indulging in financial recklessness and conspicuous consumption.
“More importantly, it should also be made clear to them not to develop the mentality of Oliver Twist or begin to see the Federal Government as Father Christmas that is ever ready to be doling out bailouts to them,” the union stressed.