Rivers Government Meets NLC’s Demands On Minimum Wage, Commences Payment Of Arrears

The Rivers State Government has acceded to the demands of civil servants in the state by agreeing to implement full payment of minimum wage and the arreas owed workers.

The government has also set up a tripartite committee to address all pending Labour issues.

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Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, said that an agreement on the implementation of the National Minimum Wage of N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) which took effect on 1st January, 2020 has been reached while payment has started.

Dr. Danagogo disclosed this in a press statement after a meeting between the State Government and Labour in Portharcourt on Friday, 12th February, 2021.

According to the SSG, “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”.

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The SSG, noted also that other matters would be discussed in details by the tripartite committee.

THE WHISTLER learnt the committee would resume it’s sitting by next week in Portharcourt.

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