The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has told protesting workers of the Federal Ministry of Finance that the days of paying special allowances to civil servants are far gone.
Addressing the workers who were protesting the non-payment of allowances estimated at about N1.2 billion in Abuja on Thursday, the minister said that government could not afford to pay special allowances.
“When I said at the start of my tenure that I would restore fiscal responsibility to our economy, it was no idle promise. The money we spend is not our money, it belongs to the Nigerian people.
“We need to justify every naira and at a time when all Nigerians are suffering the consequences of the financial crisis inherited from previous administrations, we simply cannot afford to pay out special bonuses to civil servants. Those days are gone,” she said.
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