RATTAWU Wants RSG To Implement 22% Media Allowance

Rivers State chapter
of Radio Television and Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU) has called on the state government to implement the new 22 per cent weigh-in allowance for workers in public media houses.
The call was made by Comrade Opi Erekosima when she and other executive members of the union paid a courtesy call to Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Media and Publicity, Sir. Opunabo Inko-Tariah, recently in Government House, Port Harcourt.
The Rivers RATT AWU boss disclosed that 35 states in the federation including Abuja have approved the allowance except Rivers State.
“Let His Excellency write his name in gold that he came and within 100 days in office approved 22 per cent weigh-in allowance for media workers in Rivers State, Erekosima pleaded.
Comrade Erekosima also called for the digitisation of state-owned electronic media stations so as to keep them up to standard.
She lamented that the two state-owned electronic media stations do not have an effective commercial department because of lack of equipment, most especially Outside Broadcast vans.
In his remarks, Inko-Tariah promised to visit the stations and see things first hand, its going to be a symbiotic relationship between government and RATTAWU”.
He assured the body of the Wike-led administration to upgrade state-owned media stations for optimal performance, hinting that requests for welfare will be placed before the governor for considerations.
The SA, therefore, enjoined the union to always explore all channels of dialogue before embarking on any labour action, emphasising that the present administration is open for constructive criticisms.