Buhari 'disturbed by hardship of state workers'

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said he was "very disturbed by the hardship which state government workers across the country and their families were facing due to the non-payment of salaries", according to a statement on his Facebook page.  

He said that nearly two-thirds of the country's 36 states are having trouble paying salaries.

Nigerians writing on the BBC Africa Facebook page are not impressed:

The so-called "change" of the APC government in Nigeria is becoming a total disaster. Most of the states that have funds are APC controlled and today they can't even account for the money they received from the federal government. "

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But in response Lawrence Agusah said this is not just an issue connected to Mr Buhari's governing APC party:

It will interest you to know that this problem started way before Mr Buhari became president, and it was as a result of massive looting of government money. The economy was, and still is, in a bad shape."

Antony Haramakwere says Nigerians are not feeling the benefits of the country's strong economic growth: 

It is at that moment people need to realise that being Africa's largest economy doesn't mean anything for the common people. It only has a meaning in the books of the World Bank."

Source : BBC.