The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has admitted his government failure in its responsibility of paying workers’ salaries.

Governor Ortom made the statement in Markudi after meeting with national leaders of organised labour on Monday.

“A worker deserves his wages, but the Benue government has not been able to fulfill that obligation. We have failed the workers in this regard,” Ortom said in Makurdi,

He, however, said that factors responsible for the inability of the state government to pay salaries were beyond it.

“Government is worried by its inability to pay workers and has constituted a Joint Technical Committee, comprising civil servants and government officials, to look into the issues surrounding the inability to pay salaries.

“The committee will also work toward bringing down Benue’s high wage bill of N7.8 billion,” he said.