ABEOKUTA—The
governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said that any states that
do not pay their workers salary do not worth to exist.
Amosun made this
known at a delegates’ conference organized by the Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria held in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. The governor further
said that Ogun state has been able to pay workers their June salary and is
currently not owing any workers in the state both the local governments and the
civil servants. Amosun said; “A state that is not able to pay their workers
salaries is having a problem and does not worth existing.’’
The governor however, solicits support and understanding of the civil servants , saying, without their support, he cannot achieve anything. While delivering his welcome address, the National President, association of senior civil servants of Nigeria and also the president, Trade union congress of Nigeria, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama said that the association might wage a solidarity war against the states that are unable to pay worker’s salaries in the coming weeks.
The
president further demanded that the federal government should kick start the
process of paying workers at the federal level all their owned entitlements. He
also called on the federal government to set up the negotiating platform that
will negotiate a new national minimum wage in line with the recommendation of
the palliative committee. Vanguardngr
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