Yenagoa –Â The Bayelsa State government on Tuesday bowed to pressure by the Organised Labour and assured civil servants in its employ it would pay them the new minimum wage of N30,000, amidst the controversy generated by the national minimum wage crisis.
Wellington Obiri, Bayelsa State Head of Service (HoS), gave the assurance when leaders of the stateâ€
s chapters of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) led a peaceful protest to the Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday.
He stated while addressing the workers†leaders that the state government was on the verge of coming up with modalities towards implementing the new minimum wage of N30,000.
The state HoS said: “I want to assure Bayelsa workers that the government is in support of your quest for minimum wage. The N30,000 minimum wage will be implemented by the state government.
“In anticipation to that, Governor Seriake Dickson has directed the Head of Service and the Finance Committee to start working out the modalities for the implementation of whatever decision that is agreed and such a decision will be adhered to by the government.�
The state governmentâ€s assurance came just as members of the Organised Labour in Bayelsa said that they would not fold their arms and watch government treat fellow colleagues as animals.
John Ndiomu, the state NLC chairman, said the whole essence of the protest was to ensure that workers were treated fairly and the N30,000 minimum wage that was agreed by the National Tripartite Wages Nomination Committee was implemented to the letter.
“We have come to inform our state government that we are also waiting on them and that immediately the Federal Government gives approval, we are assured that the state will follow suit.
“We will ensure that, that which is due for workers gets to them. We can never be slaves in our own land. We produce the wealth of this country and others share the wealth�, he said.
Also speaking, Tari Dounana, the state Chairman of TUC, called on the leaders to manage the countryâ€s resources well in order to add value to Nigerian workers.
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Bayelsa Accepts To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage
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