When will this end??
Just when we thought it was over then Big Madam Dr Ngozi Okonja-Iweala steps in to gently spill the bitter truth.
According to reports, she said “At present, ASUU wants the Federal Government to pay N 92 billion in extra allowances, when the resources are not there, and when we are working to integrate past increases in pensions. We need to make choices in this country as we are getting to the stage where recurrent expenditures take the bulk of our resources and people get paid but can do no work".
Continuing she also stated that "since she assumed office, the share of recurrent expenditure in our total budgets had increased astronomically. In fact, recurrent expenditure accounted for about 77.2 per cent of the federal budget and we are now working to re-balance this ratio."
The country is still suffering from the effect of the 2010 increase in salary. Do we want to get to a stage in this country that all the money we earn is used to pay salaries and allowances?
Hmmmmm!! Lets hope the next meeting will be more fruitful
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