RSG Implements Minimum Wage For Civil Servants …Sets Up Tripartite Committee On Pending Labour Concerns

The Rivers State Government has agreed with the state Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to address all pending labour concerns in the state.
The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, who disclosed this, said that an agreement on the implementation of the National Minimum Wage of N30,000.00, which took effect on January 1, 2020, has been executed.
Danagogo, said this in a statement after a meeting between the state government and organised labour in Port Harcourt, last Friday.
According to him, a tripartite committee to undertake detailed discussions on all outstanding issues has also been set up.
The SSG said, “Rivers State Government has agreed and commenced implementation of the payment of check-off dues and the payment of arrears of salaries of health workers in the Rivers State Public Service who participated in the sympathy strike of 2017 under the auspices of JOHESU.
“Other issues which were raised by labour such as: Need for payment of arrears of minimum wage, promotion of civil servants from 2012, payment of gratuity to pensioners, payment of arrears of salaries to some civil servants who were not paid their February and March, 2016, salaries due to the aborted 2016 biometric verification exercise etc”, according to the SSG, “will be discussed in detail by the tripartite committee.
“The tripartite committee is to commence sitting immediately for a period of six weeks after which a report will be submitted to the government”, Danagogo added.
The meeting was attended by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Barrister Rufus Godwins.
On the part of labour unions were the Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Beatrice Itubo; Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Pastor Jonah Austin; Chairman of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC), Comrade Emecheta Chukwu; and other labour leaders.
The tripartite committee would resume sitting this week.