The Organised Labour in Ebonyi State has rejected the recommendations of a special salary committee set up to look into the impasse between labour and the state government on salary structure.
The Nigerian Labour Congress Chairman in the State, Comrade Ike Nwafor, made the position of labour known after the committee presented its report to the state governor, Dave Umahi.
He said the workers will utilize all apparatus in its arsenal including strike action to protest any deviation from the present salary structure which was implemented by former governor Martin Elechi.
Presenting the report to Governor Umahi at the government House in Abakaliki, the Chairman of the committee and member representing Ebonyi North Senatorial zone in the Senate, Dr. Sam Egwu, said the committee met severally and interacted with both the government and labour representatives and received submissions from both parties.
He said the committee noticed discrepancies in salaries tabled as both government and labour paraded different charts.
‘’The committee noticed too, the reality of low Federal Allocation due to the fallen cost of oil in the world market and the state also has poor Internally Generated Revenue.
‘’Unfortunately, the present Federal Allocation to local governments is too poor that it cannot pay the salaries of the local government workers now.
‘’The committee also observed the economic situation of the society now amidst inflation where naira is depreciating on daily basis,” Egwu stated.
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