Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the state government will not be a party to the reduction of the minimum wage for workers.
Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday when he granted audience to the National Chairman of Labour Party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, Wike said that his overnment will continue to pay salaries of workers regularly because the multiple effect was critical to social stability.
He said: “Rivers State will not be a party to the reduction of the minimum wage. Rivers State will not reduce the minimum wage.
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“The state government will continue to pay the salaries of workers because we believe that the worker deserves his wage”. Wike noted that his administration was committed to workers’ welfare, hence it cleared outstanding three months salaries owed workers upon assumption of duty on May 29, 2015.
He pointed out that the state government also paid the six months pension arrears it inherited.
He said the non-payment of salaries in the past led to untold hardship to the people as most civil servants supported different strata of the society.
The governor said rather than reduce the minimum wage, government at all levels should work towards addressing the numerous development challenges facing the nation.
He said that it was high time political leaders stopped trading blames and focused on solving the problems facing the people.“We must tackle our problems and stop playing games with the challenges facing our people”, he declared.
He decried what he called the mischief of members of the opposition APC during their protest march, saying it was unfortunate that they played politics with human lives. Earlier, Abdulsalam commended Wike for playing politics without bitterness by involving the opposition in the caretaker committees of local government areas.
While praising the development efforts of Wike, the LP Chairman urged the governor not to reduce minimum wage in the state. Abdusalam was accompanied on the visit by the National Deputy Chairman, Callixtus Okafor, the State Chairman, Favour Reuben and other Rivers State officials of labour party.
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