Government workers in Ekiti State have condemned the withdrawal of their salaries, few minutes after most of them received bank alerts of payment on Friday.
The workers, many of who are owed three months arrears, had celebrated on receiving the alerts of payment of two months arrears.
Their joy turned “sour” when they received another alert reversing the payment.
The development forced many of them to make phone calls to their colleagues to confirm if they had the same experience.
Some of the workers, who pleaded for anonymity, expressed shock with the development which they said has dampened their morale and exposed them to ridicule.
Commissioner for Information Lanre Ogunsuyi said the government was sorry for the inconvenience which he attributed to “an error by the firm handling the computerisation of accounts”.
Ogunsuyi said: “We are aware of the development and I want to say that government is sorry for the inconvenience this might have caused our workers. Saying everybody will get one-month pay on Monday.
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