Nigerians in trouble, more of them to die of hunger as Finance Minister says FG is broke

The leadership of the Senate, on Monday evening, met with Ministers of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; and her Labour and Productivity counterpart, Senator Chris Ngige; to find ways of addressing the issue of huge salary arrears, owed to Federal workers.

During the meeting, the representatives of the Federal Government, said it has no money to pay arrears for now.

This came despite the billions of dollars the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has claimed to have recovered through the Whistle Blower policy.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Ayuba Wabba, who was also at the meeting, listed fresh challenges to the new minimum wage. According to him, they include the task of amending existing laws, as well as that of budgetary provision.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who presided over the closed door meeting, along with House of Representatives’ Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, were said to have urged stakeholders to brainstorm on how to arrive at a workable solution to the problems.