FG Orders Immediate Payment Of February Salaries Ahead Of Saturday’s Election

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FG Orders Immediate Payment Of February Salaries Ahead Of Saturday’s Election

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed the immediate payment
of February salaries to enable workers wishing to travel for Saturday’s
Presidential and National Assembly election to do so without any
difficulties.  

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made
this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of
the meeting of the Federal Executive Council which was presided over by
President Buhari at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa,
Abuja, on Wednesday.

The minister disclosed that already the relevant authorities had been
directed to commence the payment of the salaries to the federal workers
from February 19. According to him, this is to enable the civil
servants planning to travel for the elections to do so before Saturday.

“On the part of the Federal Government also, we decided that to make
it easy for those who will want to go back to vote, salary payment
started yesterday (Tuesday) as opposed to the normal 25th of every
month. This is just to ease the burden of people who want to go back and
cast their vote,’’ he said.  

The minister added that the council deliberated and reviewed some of
the palliatives put in place to help people return to cast their votes.
He said the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, with
a membership of about 50,000 had agreed to cushion the effect of the
postponement by reducing the price of petrol from N145 to 140 from
February 21 to 25.

The minister said the National Union of Road Transport Workers with
about two million members and operates motor parks in all the 774 local
government areas across the country had offered to provide a discount to
travellers.

“This discount is also to encourage voters who would have normally
been disenfranchised as a result of INEC’s postponement. This discount
is also valid between February 21 and 25. Arik and Aero airlines have
also thrown in their own incentives. Aero contractors have offered a 50
per cent discount to all travellers who present their Permanent Voters
Card at the purchasing point.  

“Arik will be selling their one-way ticket at N16,000 to any
destination across the country. This is to support Nigerians looking to
travel to cast their vote. The discount is valid between the 18th of
February and the 11th of March. All these are aimed at encouraging
voters who might have been disenfranchised by the postponement,” he
said.

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