Daily Post reported that Ebonyi state workers have urged Governor Martin Elechi to pay salaries for September, 2011.
The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees of Ebonyi issued a statement on Wednesday.
It should be noted that the union demonstrated against the non-payment of salaries on Friday, May 22
According to the statement, over 7,000 local government workers who joined a strike declared by Nigeria Labour Congress, were not paid the September salaries as the government applied “no work no pay’’ rule.
Leonard Nkah, President of NULGE in Ebonyi said: “This is unacceptable. While our counterparts in the ministries are looking forward to their May 2015 salaries, the local government workers are still being dribbled about payment of the April 2015 salaries. The manner in which our September 2011 salaries are being swept under the carpet beats one’s imagination. The Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC), had washed its hands off the issue of the payment of the salaries. JAAC said that local governments/development centres still owing should be ordered to pay or be sanctioned if the funds released to them are missing. NULGE had always been a very peaceful, civil and law abiding union with a reputation of unrivalled industrial harmony with the government built over the years.”
The statement also noted: “In the present circumstance, the union has shown understanding beyond measure and tolerated more than necessary as it pertains to how our workers welfare have been treated for sometimes now.’’
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