Business
Salary Adjustment Shortfalls Nzidee Tasks Labour Leaders … Assures Civil Servants On Minimum Wage
Worried over complaints arising from the poor implementation of the 70 percent salary adjustments in Rivers State, Deputy National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Comrade Menedee Nzidee has tasked affected union leaders to liaise with the appropriate authorities to correct the anomaly.
Comrade Nzidee in a chat with newsmen on Monday in Port Harcourt attributed the situation to poor computation and lapses from the union leaders whom he said failed to provide the authorities with the right chart.
He lamented that since about two months ago when the salary adjustment began, some civil servants have either had their pay cut or bloated, adding that a lot of complaints have arisen due to huge cuts in some civil servants salaries.
The increment which was supposed to be across board following the acceptance of the Government to pay 70 per cent if the N17,000 salary adjustment earlier in the year, had been marred y discrepancies as some civil servants have had their pay cut far less than their monthly salary.
Comrade Nzidee while urging the affected civil servants to be patient called on those union leaders in the Joint Negotiation Committee to ensure that the shortfalls are corrected and assured that they would soon receive their normal pay.
Commenting on the N18,000 minimum wage, the deputy chairman of the NCSU assured that the Rivers State Government of the NCSU assured that the Rivers State Government would pay the new salary but should be given time to settle down after the heat of the elections.
He dismissed the view that the Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi would not pay since the new pay has been passed into a law by the National Assembly.
Comrade Nzidee while recalling statements earlier made by Governor Amaechi in his capacity as chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum observed that it was only an agitation by the body to secure more funds in order to implement the new pay.
According to him, what I’m simply saying is that the people should give the Governor time to settle down in order to be able to carry out the full implementation of the new salary. Even the Commissioner of Finance has not been appointed.
“I’m sure that the first issue that would be addressed immediately the government settles down is the issue of minimum wage,” he remarked.