BY PETER DURU, Makurdi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has ordered the state Finance Commissioner to immediately pay three months, out of the backlog of 65 months salary arrears owed staff of  the Benue State University Science and Technical College, BSUSTC, Makurdi.

The Governor  gave the directive yesterday, when the staff of the institution, led by the principal, Athanasius Awangeh, paid him a courtesy call in Makurdi, the state capital.

He ordered that the May, June, and July 2015, salaries of the affected staff be paid without further delay.

Ortom who was reacting to complaints by the staff of the institution that they had not been earning their wages since July,  2010, said, “it’s not fair that you have not been paid for all these years because a worker deserves his wages.’’

“It is highly regrettable but we thank God for sustaining you and your families in spite of the situation .”