A 46 year old man,Mr Godwin Oga,who is a
staff of Benue State Environmental Sanitation
Agency (BENSESA) who has resorted to hawking groundnuts on the streets of the state capital, Makurdi to survive, shared his story with Benue.com.ng.
The father of three revealed that he started
the business last month after he was unable to provide food for his family following governments in ability to pay salaries for several months.
"I have so far spent 15 years in service with BENSESA and have also been screened in the ongoing state government screening exercise.
"I started this groundnut business earlier in June this year to prevent hunger and starvation of my family and to buy medications" He explained.
Mr Oga added that despite being a laughing
stock, he preferred the business to stealing,
urging other civil servants in the same situation as his, to also seek alternative means of survival.
According to reports, The Benue state
government owes upwards of five months
unpaid salaries to state governments workers
and eight months for local government
workers and teachers; pensioners are also
owed over a year's wages.
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