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Bauchi Salary Embroglio: We’ll decide next action—Labour

The two major labour unionsin Bauchi state say they will soon meet to take a stand on the issue of the

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41,000 workers who are not likely to be paid salary this month (October) andthe suspension of some key local government senior staff by the stategovernment.

In two separatestatements last week, the state government had declared that, it will not payOctober salary to any civil servant without BVN, in what it called an attemptto block leakages in state and local government payrolls.

While this generatedheated debated in a state, the economy of which depends on salary payment, thegovernment announced the suspension of education secretaries, local governmentprimary healthcare directors and local government treasurers-to allow forunhindered investigation into the salary fiasco

The two unions-Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress responded swiftly and asked the state government to rescind decisions recently taken, including the suspension of education secretaries, local government primary health care directors and local treasurers.

Speaking on live phone-in radio programme in Bauchi monitored by this medium, leaders of the NLC and TUC in the state Comrade Danjuma Saleh and Muhammed Usman, said they would convene a meeting of their various affiliates, to decide on the next lawful action to be taken.

From left-Muhammed Usman (TUC), Yusuf Lere (Globe FM Bauchi) and NLC’s Danjuma Saleh

They said the government did not consult or involve the labour unions in any of the two decisions, wondering why the government is still insisting on not paying the 41,000 workers despite reaching a temporary understand with them.

The two leaderswondered why the government suspended education secretaries, primary healthcaredirectors and the treasurers, when most of them don’t even receive monthlyimpress to run their offices.

“The government knew whereand how the salary is being over bloated and by who. So, let them hit the nailwith the right hammer”, declares Muhammed Usman of the TUC.

It is not clear whenthe two unions will meet and the decisions to be taken during the meeting.

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