Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said that the days of paying
special bonuses to civil servants are gone. Speaking in Abuja today June
22nd, Adeosun said this while reacting to the protest carried out by
staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance on Monday June 20th.
"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
The Ministry of Finance workers had staged protest over the non payment
of their allowances and overtime since she came into office.
