By Amos Okioma
Baylsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has again agreed to pay the state civil servants the N30,000 minimum wage approved by the Federal Government.
The governor made the promise in Yenagoa during the 2019 Workers Day with the theme, “Another 100 years of struggle for jobs, dignity and social justice in Nigeria.”
The governor also assured them that as soon as the National Income and Wages Commission works out the modalities, the state would be among the first state to pay.
Commending the civil servants of the state for their impact despite what they had gone through in the last seven years, the governor maintained that the state civil servants were the most organised and patriotic in the country.
Assuring them that the labour leaders were not the stooge of the government, he said, “Your leaders are not the stooge of the government and I don’t want them to be stooges.”
He also accused politicians of thinking more of themselves than the state, while thanking God that the state did not come to a halt.
Disclosing that the job of reposing the state had begun, he said, “We initiated the policy of no work, no pay,” adding that comradeship was all about doing their job well.
Dickson however commended the geniune workers in the state, assuring that before he goes, he would continue to work with the labour leaders.
Besides, the labour chairman, Comrade John Ndiomu, had thanked the Governor for declining assent to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Life Pension Bill 2019, adding that it showed that he articulated the views of Bayelsans.
Ndiomu also advised the government to pay attention to the infrastructural development of the College of Education, stressing that it was the only teachers training institute in the state.
He also lamented the level of insecurity in the state, adding, “The state of insecurity in the state is becoming worrisome, which has posed great threat to lives and properties.
“The activities of these criminals are on the increase which have inflicted so much fear on Bayelsans.
“In the light of the above the Congress wishes to call on the Bayelsa State government to beef up security both on the water ways by setting up a Joint Taskforce JTF involving the Army, Navy, Police, and other security agencies.
