Workers Promotion: AUPCTRE Tasks Head Of Service

The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) Rivers State chapter, has made a passionate plea to the Head of Service, Works and Power over delays in their promotion.
The plea was part of a report presented by AUPCTRE Secretary-General, Comrade James Kobah during quadrennial states delegate conference of the union held in Port Harcourt.
Comrade Kobah lamented that since the release of the workers promotion results in 2002, they have not been evated to their new positions, despite various meetings with the chairman of Civil Service Commission.
Despite several two representations to the chairman of Civil Service Commission (CSC), the AUPCTRE scribe stated that the workers are yet to receive their areas and have been denied their promotions.
Since government no longer pay arrears to workers the AUPCTRE Secretary-General stressed that, “updating all promotion in the service to make it current with promotion maturity periods, that is to stop back dating of effective dates of promotion in the service”.
Comrade appealed to the Rivers State Head of Service, Mrs. Esther Anucha to look into the matter and restore the rights of Employees as stipulated in the rules and regulations of the service and to direct the commission to restore the promotion of the affected workers.
On the other hand, the union has unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the Head of Service over the way and manner she shows concern for the union activities.
Most specifically it hailed Mrs. Anucha for the action being taken to restructure the Directorate cadre by elevating it to Grade level 17, which the union demanded a year ago.
It said, “her concern for welfare and progress of the employees as manifested in bringing to an end, the stagnation of the executive Cadre on grade level 07 without prodding from labour and the reintroduction of Civil Service Week”.
In her remarks, Mrs. Anucha, lamented the poor condition of some of the government owned parastatals, noting that a lot has to be done by the government to revive them.