The Benue State government has
agreed to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage to its workers.
Speaking at the 2019 workers’ day
celebration in Makurdi on Wednesday, Gov. Samuel Ortom said that the government
would soon meet with the labour body in the state to look into the
implementation of the new minimum wage.
Ortom, who was represented by his
deputy, Mr Benson Abounu, said that workers’ welfare would be his utmost
priority in his second tenure as the governor of Benue.
He expressed gratitude to the
workers for returning him for the second time despite the nonpayment of
salaries, which almost destroyed his first tenure in office.
“I know that things have been
rough for you because of the nonpayment of salaries but you still looked beyond
the immediate and returned me back for the second time; I appreciate your
gesture,” he said.
Ortom, therefore, promised that
he would set machinery in motion to ensure that all arrears of salaries and
pensions are paid.
“We are worried that workers are
being owed salaries, which has made them to fail in their responsibilities
towards their families.
“We are ready to correct the sore
mistake of salary arrears in order to leave our footprints on the sand of Benue
in 2023,” Ortom said.
Earlier, the Chairman of the
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Benue Chapter, Mr Godwin Anya commended Benue
workers for their patience even when they were being owed many months salary
arrears, NAN reports.
Anya called on Ortom to pay
workers their arrears now that he has been returned for a second term, saying
that it was one of his campaign promises.
He promised workers that he would
liaise with the NLC national body to ensure that their arrears were cleared,
urging them to remain committed and dedicated to their duties.
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