LG Boss Assures On Workers’ Salaries

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Akuku -Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rowland Sekibo, has assured that payment of workers’ salaries will be regular now, following an improvement in allocation.

He said that no council chairman should give excuse for not paying workers’ salaries, since allocation to the councils have increased in the last two months.

Sekibo who disclosed this while interacting with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Monday, said that the amount of allocation that go to the Local Government Councils has increased since June 2016.

According to him, the allocation that go to the council is not just for the payment of salaries alone, but for other things like electricity and security, among others.

“Civil Servants think that the allocations that come to the councils is for the payment of salaries alone, but it is not only for salaries alone.

“We have to provide security for the people because if there is no security, even the salaries can be stolen by these bad boys.  We also provide electricity because if we don’t, the salaries will be used to provide fuel or diesel”, he said.

On the amnesty programme of the state government, he said that the action of the state Governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike is highly commendable noting that his  local government (Akulga) is the collation centre.

According to him, leadership is given by God and that when one is in leadership position it is for everybody, both the good and the bad.

He said that Governor Wike has taken a bold stop to put the youths back on track, noting that everybody must not be killed, but can be made to change and be useful to the society.

The CTC chairman, therefore, called on the youths to have a re-think and take advantage of the offer by the governor to refrain from killings, cultism and kidnappings.

Corlins Walter