Further withdrawals from the Paris Club refund by the states government has been stalled as a consultant has dragged the 36 state governors and the Federal Government to court.
A highly placed source at the Presidency, told NAN on Friday night that the consultant in question is suing the state governors for reneging on the payment of the five per cent consultancy fees due to him for services rendered in relation to the sharing of the fund.
According to the source, state governors may not be able to pay their workers from the Paris Club refund before Christmas as they had originally planned.
The source said that the case has been filed at the Federal High Court Abuja.
The source said before this new court case, efforts were in top gear to release the balance of the Paris Club refunds to states to pay workers salaries all over the country before Christmas.
“The payment of the Paris Club refunds is at the final stages.
Paris Club refund: Consultant sues 36 state governors, FG over payment
