Governor of Benue State, Samuel
Ortom, says his government had failed in its responsibility of paying workers’
salaries.
“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.
National President of the Nigeria
Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, who also spoke to journalists after the meeting,
said that the state government had made offers toward addressing the industrial
action embarked upon by the state workers.
Wabba advised government to plug
loopholes that had pushed up the state’s wage bill which he said was “too
high”.
Wabba and Ortom, however, refused
to disclose the offers made by the government.
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