Abia State government has been urged to explore possible ways to offset the backlog arrears of salaries owed local government workers in the state.
The state chairman, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Mr Ijoma Onyenaucheya, who said this last week, during an interview with the Nigeria Tribune, in Umuahia, the state capital, decried the excruciating pains being experienced by workers in the state.
He said that the situation had already brought untold hardship to the workers, adding that the current economic problem facing the nation needed pragmatic approach for the people to live meaningfully.