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Governors demand fresh bailout from Nigerian govt

State Governors have asked the Federal Government for a bailout, in the form of budget support.

Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday at the end of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

Umahi said the request is meant to assist Governors offset staff salary arrears.

The Governor also revealed that most of the Governors persuaded Finance Minister, Kemi Adoesun, to find ways of sustaining the provision of budget support to the states.

Umahi said such support is needed, “especially when the amount that accrues to the states from the federation account is less than N600 billion”.

“We came to the understanding that every month, if the total shareable revenue in the federation account is less than N600billion, the minister of finance will give each state budget support.

“We concluded that in the last 12 months and that continued for the second year. States have done very well; some states have been able to pay their accumulated salary debts and then also increased their commitment to infrastructure and generation of revenue.

“However, from July, that was not paid and in the month of August, I think about seven states were paid because according to the minister, other states did not comply with the set down rules, the most outstanding of that was the non-remittance of VAT from the states.

“So those seven states have been paid but more states have complied but we requested that those states that have complied should be paid.”

The request comes at a time the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused some Governors of mismanaging previous bailout funds.


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