With exactly 42 days to the expiration of the 8 years spell of the administration of the Benue state Governor, Gabriel Suswam, the state workers headed by the state chapter of the NLC have come out to make a bold statement in demand for their salaries and benefits that has been owed them for months now. In a statement signed by the state NLC chairman, Comrade Simon Anchaver and Secretary, Comrade Jumpa Emmanuel, yesterday in Makurdi the state capital, the congress stated that “this decision was taken in consultation with the national secretariat which directed that the ultimatum commenced April 14 and expire on April 21.”
The statement read in part, “we demand that all outstanding salaries owed to all categories of core public servants including primary school teachers, local government staff as well as pensioners be paid forthwith within the time frame of this ultimatum.The NLC lamented that delayed and irregular salary payments had been the order of the day in the state for over eight months, leaving most staff in the ministries and parastatals with several months of arrears ranging from four to six months.The fall of the PDP in the state and subsequent take over by the APC is being attributed to the lackadaisical attitude of the Suswam administration and allegations of high level impunity, corruption and embezzlement of public fund. This resulted in the massive shift in the votes of the mostly civil servant state that occasioned not only the lose of the state to the APC during the last presidential elections but also the defeat of the PDP governorship candidate by the APC candidate as well as defeat of the incumbent governor in his bid for a senatorial sit.
God no dey sleep.
But one may be tempted to ask. Where have the workers been all these while and why wait till this die minutes to start taking fire brigade actions. Na now wey oga wan go una strike ba?
The statement read in part, “we demand that all outstanding salaries owed to all categories of core public servants including primary school teachers, local government staff as well as pensioners be paid forthwith within the time frame of this ultimatum.The NLC lamented that delayed and irregular salary payments had been the order of the day in the state for over eight months, leaving most staff in the ministries and parastatals with several months of arrears ranging from four to six months.The fall of the PDP in the state and subsequent take over by the APC is being attributed to the lackadaisical attitude of the Suswam administration and allegations of high level impunity, corruption and embezzlement of public fund. This resulted in the massive shift in the votes of the mostly civil servant state that occasioned not only the lose of the state to the APC during the last presidential elections but also the defeat of the PDP governorship candidate by the APC candidate as well as defeat of the incumbent governor in his bid for a senatorial sit.
God no dey sleep.
But one may be tempted to ask. Where have the workers been all these while and why wait till this die minutes to start taking fire brigade actions. Na now wey oga wan go una strike ba?
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