The government, in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade, described the report as misleading, stating that the state government added N50 million to the bailout fund, before it could pay the outstanding salaries arrears till June 2015. Government said the bailout funds which it collected was N9.443.06, but augmented it with N50 million which brought the total disbursement to N9.493.91. According to him, all relevant documents and bank transfers on the disbursement of the funds were presented to ICPC officials that were in the state to monitor the disbursement of the fund. “Each claim of payment was investigated and confirmed to be true by the ICPC investigative team, and at the end of its visit, the government was commended for its effective operation, clinical and accurate disbursement of the said fund,” the statement said. Akinmade stated further that the labour union leaders in the state were duly briefed and gave their approval for the disbursement process, urging the anti-graft agency to correct the misrepresentation. Condemning the report, the government said “it is unimaginable that a government that is paying the highest minimum wage to its workers in the country against all odds, would divert loan given it to enable it fulfill its monthly obligation to the same workers, following the near collapse of the nation’s economy which has made the obligation challenging. “Government thus called on the ICPC to investigate the report and as a matter of urgency put the record straight, by reporting its exact findings when it came to the state to make verification on the bailout fund application.”]]>