The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the payment of March Salaries and pensions to civil servants, pensioners and suspended political appointees.
A public service statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Ibibia Worika, on Friday stated that the administrator has directed the Accountant-General to ensure that remittances for the payment of the salaries were made without delay.
The statement said, “In keeping with the undertaking made to the good people of Rivers State, I am pleased to inform you that the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (RTD) Ibok – Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has approved the payment of salaries for all civil servants in the Rivers State Civil Service and all public servants of Rivers State Government, including Pensioners and all suspended political appointees, for the month of March, 2025.
“The Administrator has further directed the Accountant-General to ensure that payment for salaries in March 2025 is remitted, without any delay.”
Civil servants and pensioners had lamented the non-payment of their salaries by Friday as they started a long weekend that ran into two days of public holidays on Monday and Tuesday.
Local government workers have however not been paid their salaries for February and March.
