Kogi LG workers seek full salary payment

Local government workers in Kogi State have called on the state government to work out ways of ending payment of salaries in percentages and ensure 100 percent regularization of their wages.

The state chairmen of Local Government Employees, NULGE, National Union of Teachers, NUT and the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, M&HWUN, Tade Adeyemi, Thomas Ayodele and Onuh Edoka, made this known in a joint statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja yesterday.

The labour leaders while commending Governor Yahaya Bello for paying their salaries up to August, urged him to look into unpaid arrears from previous administrations.

“Efforts being made by government to overcome the challenges of inherited liabilities, especially in the areas of salary arrears owed workers is quite commendable; the workforce in the local government appreciate the efforts made by the Ministry of Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs in ensuring that salaries of local government are paid up to August 2018.

“The decision of government to raise the bar of the level of salary being paid in which no worker in the local government takes less than 54% is noted with appreciation. However, government should take cognizance of the percentages of salary yet to be paid by the previous and present administrations and make efforts to clear them as soon as possible.

“Government is enjoined to continue this gesture and not relent until the payment of 100% is regularized in the local government.

“And government should include on the payroll, the names of all staff and teachers that have been cleared, but are yet to be captured on the payroll while the cases of the uncleared undergoing review should be resolved without further delay”, the statement said.

The labour unions pledged their support and loyalty to the state government and urged it to sustain the industrial harmony presently being enjoyed in the state.