Amaka Obiefuna.

Various banks in Bayelsa State have been blamed by the State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai for the delay in payment of salaries of civil servants in the state. He attributed the delay to the lack of cash in the banks.

In a statement made in Yenagoa, the Commissioner said the State Government has been alerted to the inability of some civil servants and officials to obtain their salaries due of lack of cash in the banks.

‘It is indeed sad but also noteworthy that it is not the fault of the state government that civil servants are having challenges collecting their salaries, as it is on record that the governor did fulfil his promise of ensuring that civil servants in the state get their salaries before the yuletide. The prevailing situation in the banks right now is not peculiar to Bayelsa State as it is happening in other states. As a proactive government, we have decided to inform our people that we are currently interfacing with the various banks to ensure that civil and public servants and Bayelsans in general would receive their entitlements to ease the pain and stress they may face’, he said.