Workers
in Taraba state have issued a warning to the Governor stating that they
will take to the streets over his refusal to pay them their 8 months
salaries.
Governor Darius Ishaku
Workers in Taraba on Wednesday said they would begin protest on
Thursday against the non-payment of eight months salaries, gratuities
and pension entitlements to state and local government workers.
The workers, under the aegis of Joint Public Service Negotiating
Council, would also be protesting against the non-implementation of
annual increments and promotions in the state and local government
workforce.
In a Notice of Protest signed by Messrs Tukur Taji and Yieldet
Bigwan, the joint council directed workers to converge on the state
secretariat in Jalingo on Thursday by 7a.m. for the protest.
The council is also demanding removal of Starter Point Consultants
as Salary Consultants to the state government on ground of gross
incompetence in handling salary issues of the state.
It stressed that the removal of the consultants had become imperative “considering the intractable problems and sufferings it had brought upon workers in the state’’, stressing that one year was too much for a test.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Giwa, appealed to the workers to engage the
state government in dialogue to resolve the issues at stake.
Giwa said said the problem on ground was not peculiar to the state,
adding that the governor deserved a pat on the back for paying salaries
of workers, as at when due, unlike many other states in the country.
He said, “I appeal to the workers to suspend the proposed protest and embrace dialogue with the government.
“The doors of the government are wide open. Besides, the
governor deserves a pat on the back for paying salaries as at when due
unlike many states in the country. Confrontation will not solve any
problem.”
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