‘Tough Times Ahead’ – FG Tells Workers There Will Be No Salaries From October

The Federal Government, FG, has told workers under its payroll that they should prepare to face tough times from the month of October as there may not be salaries for them if the National Assembly fails to amend the content of the 2013 appropriation budget. Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stated this yesterday during an interview with the crew of Political Platform, a political programme on RayPower radio and monitored in Abuja.

The Minister maintained that “it comes to a point where some amendment has to be made and that’s why Mr. President sent this amendment to the National Assembly. I think we can continue a little longer and at some point, we need the amendment to pass, because come September or October, we may not be able to pay salary. We have been talking with various committees and the leadership in a collegial way trying to see how we can fix this problem. But one specific example that is critical is the salary and between now and October, we will need about N32 billion,” said the Minister.