Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has directed the immediate payment of December salary to workers to enable them have a memorable Christmas.
Commissioner for Finance, Maxwell Ebibai, disclosed this after the 85th State Executive Council meeting which took place inside the Executive Council chambers of the Government House in Yenagoa.
He said following the directive, workers in the state will beginning from Thursday start receiving bank alerts for their December salaries.
Ebibai also confirmed that the government received N12.447 billion as its share of the last tranche of the London-Paris Club refund out of which the sum of N1.143 billion will go to the eight local government areas in the state as their own share.
On his part, Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Joshua Ongore, said all is now set for Dickson to present on Friday details of the 2018 budget.
According to him the draft of the budget was presented before members of council who unanimously adopted it after all final consideration was undertaken.
Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, thanked Bayelsans for their understanding and support to the government and assured them of better days ahead, especially in the coming New Year.
