Anambra State Government has releases a fresh document showing the alleged approval of N363.381 million as the second tranche of salary arrears for workers, pensioners and next of kin of the defunct Anambra State Water Corporation and the Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency.
The amount was allegedly approved to clear arrears of payments owed the workers by the Peter Obi administration.
The document was released on Friday by the Anambra State New Media Office in a post on X, a day after Peter Obi appeared on Arise Television and denied borrowing money from any bank.
DAILY POST reports that the document dated May 24, 2025, was signed by the then Head of Service, Dame Theodora Okwy Igwegbe, and addressed to Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
The post was captioned, “PART 3: EVIDENCE THAT LYING IS IN PETER OBI’S DNA”.
It added, “The Soludo administration paid the first tranche of State workers’ entitlements—entitlements Peter Obi left unpaid during his eight years as governor. Gov Soludo has now, also, paid the second. Peter Obi knows we know he’s lying.”
The document is a request to release N363m to clear part of workers’ unpaid salaries, after the government settled with their union out of court.
According to the document, the payment was part of the terms of settlement reached on February 6, 2024, concerning arrears owed to workers, pensioners and next of kin of the defunct Water Corporation and Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency.
According to the document, the second tranche was due for disbursement in 2026.
“That the agreed second tranche payment of Three Hundred and Sixty-Three Million, Three Hundred and Eighty-One Thousand Naira only (N363,381,000.00) is due for disbursement in line with the Terms of Settlement signed on 6th February 2024,” the Head of Service wrote.
According to her, the payment would be processed through the State Government Payroll System via a dedicated account.
The document further stated that the payment would “further reinforce your administration’s commitment to social justice, workers’ welfare, and adherence to agreements reached with organised labour”.
