{"id":87870,"date":"2023-05-12T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:29:38","slug":"benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries","title":{"rendered":"Benue Assembly suspends plenary over unpaid salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following the non-payment of their six months\u2019 salary arrears and allowances, the Benue State House of Assembly members have suspended their plenary.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the suspension, the controversial Executive Pension Bill sent to the house by Governor Samuel Ortom for approval is on hold.<\/p>\n<p>The bill reportedly grants past Governors of the state four new cars every four years and permanent accommodation. And also proposes hiring six personal staff for ex-governors and three for their deputies.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which has passed its first reading, provides free medical treatment for the governor\u2019s family, including four of their children under 18.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Bem Mngutyo, a member of the House, on Thursday disclosed that the House \u201cresolved not to sit until our emoluments and salaries are paid\u201d, The Nation reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mngutyo further hinted that Governor Ortom met with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members of the House last weekend over the issue and promised to pay the arrears of allowances and salary with the state\u2019s May federal allocation before he exits office in the next 18 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following the non-payment of their six months\u2019 salary arrears and allowances, the Benue State House of Assembly members have suspended their plenary. As a result of the suspension, the controversial Executive Pension Bill sent to the house by Governor Samuel Ortom for approval is on hold. The bill reportedly grants past Governors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,6440,254],"class_list":["post-87870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-benue-assembly","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benue Assembly suspends plenary over unpaid salaries - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following the non-payment of their six months\u2019 salary arrears and allowances, the Benue State House of Assembly members ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benue Assembly suspends plenary over unpaid salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the non-payment of their six months\u2019 salary arrears and allowances, the Benue State House of Assembly members ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T10:38:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T12:29:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683875299.67.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Benue Assembly suspends plenary over unpaid salaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-12T10:38:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-12T12:29:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683875299.67.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Benue Assembly\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-assembly-suspends-plenary-over-unpaid-salaries\",\"name\":\"Benue Assembly suspends plenary over unpaid salaries - 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