By Christian Ogbonna
Yenagoa, July 19, 2017 The Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday confirmed the receipt of N10 billion from the Federal Government as its share of the second batch of the Paris/London Club refund.
Of the money, N919 million is meant for the eight local government councils.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the governor made the confirmation in Yenagoa when he played host to labour leaders in the state.
Dickson directed the State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Maxwell Ebibai, to immediately release the money to enable the councils carry out their obligations, especially to clear some outstanding salaries of workers.
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The price of PMS was deregulated in March 2020 when the price of crude oil dropped below $40 per barrel in the international market. The leadership of Labour unions represented by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had engaged the Federal Government for reduction in price of PMS being dispensed at filling stations between N170 and N175 per litre..
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