{"id":58169,"date":"2024-12-18T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58169"},"modified":"2024-12-18T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:37:17","slug":"kwara-govt-97-of-workers-paid-disputes-nlc-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/18\/kwara-govt-97-of-workers-paid-disputes-nlc-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara Govt: 97% of Workers Paid, Disputes NLC Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Cynthia Abah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kwara State Government has announced that 97% of its 18,466 employees received their November 2024 salaries and bonuses, attributing delays for the remaining 3% to non-compliance with the State Resident Registration Agency (KWSRRA), requirement introduced in July.<br \/>\nDr. Hauwa Nuru, the Commissioner for Finance, explained that KWSRRA registration is mandatory for payroll processing and assured that the government is working to resolve all outstanding payment issues.<br \/>\nThe statement was issued in response to allegations by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), that 75% of local government workers, including members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, were yet to be paid.<br \/>\nThe government dismissed these claims, clarifying that 97% of state and SUBEB (State Universal Basic Education Board), employees, and 77% of local government workers, had been paid.<br \/>\nIt attributed the remaining unpaid salaries to non-compliance with the KWSRRA directive.<br \/>\nDescribing the NLC&#8217;s figures as inaccurate, the government reiterated its ongoing engagement with labor leaders and urged affected workers to verify their claims through KWSRRA and the Ministry of Finance.<br \/>\nReaffirming its commitment to prompt salary payments, the government highlighted the importance of KWSRRA registration for payroll accuracy, data security, and transparency.<br \/>\nIt called on labor unions to support the initiative for enhanced efficiency in salary administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah The Kwara State Government has announced that 97% of its 18,466 employees received their November 2024 salaries and bonuses, attributing delays for the remaining 3% to non-compliance with the State Resident Registration Agency (KWSRRA), requirement introduced in July. Dr. Hauwa Nuru, the Commissioner for Finance, explained that KWSRRA registration is mandatory for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58171,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58169\/revisions\/58171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}