The Anambra State Government has released a document indicating the approval of N363.381m as the second tranche of salary arrears owed workers, pensioners and next of kin of the defunct Anambra State Water Corporation and the Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency.
The state government said the payment relates to outstanding entitlements dating back to the administration of former Governor Peter Obi.
The document was published on Friday by the Anambra State New Media Office on X, a day after Obi appeared on Arise Television and denied borrowing money from any bank.
Dated May 24, 2025, the document was signed by the then Head of Service, Dame Theodora Okwy Igwegbe, and addressed to the incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo.
The New Media Office accompanied the document with the caption, “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 contained a request for the release of N363m to settle part of the outstanding obligations after the state government reached an out-of-court agreement with the affected workers’ union.
According to the document, the payment formed part of the terms of settlement reached on February 6, 2024, concerning outstanding salaries and other entitlements owed workers, pensioners and next of kin of the defunct agencies.
The second tranche was scheduled for disbursement in 2026, according to the document.
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“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.
Igwegbe stated that the payment would be processed through the State Government Payroll System using a dedicated account.
She further said the release of the funds would “further reinforce your administration’s commitment to social justice, workers’ welfare, and adherence to agreements reached with organised labour”.
