Workers in Cross River have protested the payment of May
salary on the first day of the month by Gov. Ben Ayade. Ayade has consistently
paid the May salary on the first day of the month in the last three years of
his tenure.
But speaking to journalists, the state chairman of the Trade
Union Congress (TUC), Clarkson Otu, said workers and the leadership of labour
were unhappy over the early payment of salary.
According to the labour leader, even though the government
means well, labour was nonetheless not happy with the situation.
“As labour leaders, we do not support early salaries payment.
We have told the governor that it is not proper.
April salary was paid only last week and on May 1st he pays
May salary. “We are surprised he still paid early this month in spite of our
protest. We will continue to engage him on that,” he said.
Speaking in a similar vein, the state Chairman of the
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ben Ukpepi, decried the early payment of
salaries by the state government. Ukpepi said labour would engage with the
governor with a view to putting an end to early payments of salaries in the
state.
Meanwhile, Ayade has expressed his administration’s
readiness to implement the new minimum wage recently passed into law by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking through the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs
Tina Agbor at the May Day rally in Calabar, Ayade pledged to pay the new wage
once the modalities were worked out. In spite of the state receiving one of the
least revenue allocation from the federation account and being the third most
indebted state, Ayade always pay civil servant early.
(NAN)
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Nigerians with poor mentality. If salaries comes late they would complain. Now they have a governor who pays as at when due and decide to make them happy by paying their May salary on the first. They are still complaining. What a world we live in.
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