Cross River civil servants blast Gov. Ayade for paying their salaries early

Civil servants in Cross River State on Friday
condemned the decision of the state governor,
Ben Ayade, to pay their December salary on
the first day of the month, as against the 25th
of every month, Punchng reports.
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It would be the second time that workers
would be receiving salaries on the first day of
the month as they had in May 2016 got a
similar gesture from the governor in
commemoration of the Workers’ Day
celebration.
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The aggrieved workers said the decision to
pay their salaries in advance would later cause
untold hardship as the Yuletide approaches. .
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A top civil servant in the Ministry of
Environment, said, “The state government’s
decision to pay December salaries of some
civil servants within the first three days of the
month will make us suffer in due course.
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The government should have employed
caution by delaying December salary
payments to a later date. Our governor may
want to score a political point with this
payment, but I think that those of us receiving
this money stand to lose fiscally when January
comes.”
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But one of the governor’s aides, said, “People
are so impossible to please. There are states
in this country where salaries are not paid as
and when due, but in Cross River State, our
governor pays salaries and even pays ahead
to cater for special occasions like the Workers’
Day and this Yuletide. Instead of applauding
him, some people say he shouldn’t have paid.
Nigerians are difficult to please.”