Workers Salary: Respect Our Agreement On Payment Of 50% Salary Payment, Bayelsa Government Writes NLC

The Bayelsa StateGovernment has yesterday warned the State Leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) against the plan to engage in a showdown with the present administration over issues of payment of 50 per cent salary to workers, asking the Labour leaders to respect agreement reached between the workers and State Government.The Leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) hadon Mondayannounced its readiness to confront the present administration in the State over the continuous payment of 50 per cent salary for civil servants,saying such half salary payment is no longer sustainable.But the Bayelsa State Government, through the State Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, described the threat by the NLC as uncalled for and a breached of the agreement signed with the state government.According to Obuebite, The NLC should know that the state government has never defaulted the payment. The agreement on 50 per cent salary payment to workers of which I am a signatory agreed was because of the economic situation in the country.We agreed on that payment pending when our economic situation improves; that decision is in black and white because the agreement was signed by labour and government representatives.The government has never defaulted from the day the agreement was signed. Labour has an agreement with the state government and that agreement is binding on both parties till a party default.If there is any default in the agreement, it is written that Labour is to communicate officially to government on why they think they are not going to abide by the agreement they reached with us.To the best of my knowledge that formal communication has not been done, the government was surprise to hear labour singing a different tune after signing the agreement with the government and benefiting from it and that is where we are, the Commissioner explained.
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