Governor Wike To Rivers Workers: No BVN, No Salary

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday threatened not to pay workers’ salaries except they provide their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN).

The governor said his administration will carry out this threat beginning from the end of this month if workers in the state fail to get their BVN, declaring that the move was aimed at knowing the real number of workers in the state’s employ.


Governor Wike made this known while speaking  yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, when the Governing Council of the Rivers State Science and Technology (RSUST) paid him a courtesy call.

The governor also informed that the monthly wage bill of the state government stands at N7 billion while the monthly pension bill stands at N1.4 billion. He said: “This month, if you don’t submit your BVN and physically identify yourself, you will not be paid. If only 20 members of staff have their BVN verified physically, they will be the only staff to be paid.

“With a wage and pension bill of N8.4 billion monthly, the state government is determined to stop all wastages,” he said. According to the governor, the state government will no longer pay the salaries of primary and secondary school teachers of demonstration schools of RSUST and other tertiary institutions where pupils and students pay school fees.