It’ll be a miracle for the federal and state governments to pay salaries beyond June this year — Gov. Obaseki

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has decried the state of the economy, saying it will be tough for the federal and state governments to pay workers wages from June this year without resorting to massive printing of money or removal of fuel subsidy.

Speaking in Benin City on Monday, May 1, the governor advised workers to brace up for the challenges that would come after the removal of fuel subsidy.

“Let me point out and highlight that even though we continue to struggle in Edo, working hard to make lives better for all of you, we are not oblivious of the fact that Nigeria is in tr%uble.

The economy of our country is in a t£rrible state, it will be a miracle for the federal and state governments to pay salaries beyond June this year without resorting to massively printing money or removing fuel subsidy.

Either of this decision will bring more hardships and p@ins to us as a people, particularly to you, workers. Therefore, we must all make sure that the burden and p@in of these measures, which must be taken are not borne by workers alone,” he said.