CASH
SQUEEZE GRIPS MDA’S
REFUSES
TO HEED BUHARI’S ORDERS ON ARREARS
A
new wave of “blistering” hardship is sweeping through Ministries, Departments and
Agencies. From reliable sources, this
new development is coming on the heels of the arrival of “Buharimonics” who has since ordered the immediate implementation of
the TSA policy—an acronym for single treasury account, making it impossible for
fraud to be perpetrated by hardened Nigerians..
As
Abuja Morning Star gathered, those apostles of “Change” who sided with “sai baba”, never envisaged this dramatic
turn for the worst and nothing is being done anywhere in any Federal Ministry.
“It
is like the noose is being tightened daily with more and more stringent
measures”, said Ibrahim Alkali, a staff of one of the Ministries at the Federal
Secretariat.
Another
fellow, Muhammad Bali who works with the Immunization Department of Federal
Health Ministry said, “We have never seen anything like this; the nation is at
a standstill; and nothing is being done about it; Alhaji Mohammad wondered what
the game is all about since there is no workshop, no training of any sort; no
seminar. He told Abuja Morning Star that
it was now very difficult to secure an approval of common N5, 000 and is
worried now that the country may actually be stuck.
When
Abuja Morning Star went round, most Ministries, Departments and Agencies were bedeviled
by obsolete office equipments; lack of photocopiers, computers, not to mention broken
down official vehicles that now adorn their premises.
A
reprieve seem to come the way of Civil Servants when Government recently ordered
the payment of all outstanding arrears, promotion, 28 days allowances, etc.
But
the stiff silence coming from all Ministries, Departments and Agencies suggest
that, that order may have met a brick wall – dead on arrival.
So
far nothing is being said about it again and the harsh and inclement weather is
running rings round the pockets of Civil Servants.
By Zandas Barau
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