The governor said the loan would enable them to offset the backlog of debts owed retired primary school teachers and local government workers in the state.
Barely a week to the end of his second term in office, the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has reportedly compelled the 25 local government council chairmen under the umbrella of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, (ALGON), to take N40billion loans from a bank, As Our Source Reveals
The governor said the loan would enable them to offset the backlog of debts owed retired primary school teachers and local government workers in the state.
In the last four years, thousands of Delta State retirees drawn from across the 25 local government areas of the state had stormed the state government House, Asaba to protest against the state governor and disrupted official activities with placards over the nonpayment of their pension, gratuities and other entitlements running into several billions of naira.
