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David Owei, Yenagoa
Baylsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has again agreed to pay the state civil servants the N30, 000 minimum wage approved by the Federal Government.
Speaking in Yenagoa during the 2019 Workers Day, with the theme: ‘Another 100 years of struggle for jobs, dignity and social justice in Nigeria,’ the governor assured them that as soon as the National Income and Wages Commission works out the modalities, the state will be among the first state to pay.
Commending the civil servants of the state for their impact despite what they had gone through in the last seven years, the governor maintained that they were the most organised and patriotic in the country.
Assuring them that the labour leaders were not government’s stooges, he said: “Your leaders are not the stooge of the government and I don’t want them to be stooges.
He also accused politicians of thinking more of themselves than of the state, while thanking God that the state did not come to a halt.
Disclosing that the job of reposing the state had begun, he said: “We initiated the policy of no work, no pay,” adding that comradeship was all about doing their job well.
Dickson however commended the genuine workers in the state assuring that before he goes, he will continue to work with the labour leaders.
Earlier, the Labour chairman, Comrade John Ndiomu, had thanked the governor for declining assent to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Life Pension Bill 2019, adding that it showed that he articulated the views of Bayelsans.
Ndiomu also advised the government to pay attention to the infrastructural development of the College of Education maintaining that it was the only teachers training institute in the state.
He further lamented the level of insecurity in the state, adding that “The state of insecurity is becoming worrisome which has posed great threat to lives and properties. The activities of these criminals are on the increase which has inflicted so much fear on Bayelsans.
“In the light of the above, Congress wish to call on the Bayelsa State Government to beef up security both on the water ways by setting up a joint Taskforce JTF involving the Army, Navy, Police, and other security agencies,” he said.
He however asked that the verification exercise as well the civil service reform will soon come to an end to enable workers settle down to do their duties without fear.
