From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
The organized Labour in Kogi has applauded the state government’s effort to clear the accumulated salary and pension arrears owed civil servants and pensioners in the state.
The NLC also described the recent payment of December 2018 and January 2019 salaries to state workers and pensioners as a huge relief.
A statement by the NLC chairman, Comrade Onuh Edoka and his TUC counterpart, Ranti Ojo said the payment of the two months arrears to workers and pensioners would go a long way to reduce their sufferings.
The Labour leaders praised the state governor for keeping to his promise to defray the outstanding salary arrears to workers and pensioners in the state.
The statement however, appealed to government to sustain the current tempo of payment to enable it settle all outstanding salaries in no distance time.
The statement also called for improvement in the percentage payment made to teachers and local government workers, stressing that any percentage short of what was agreed with Labour will not be acceptable.
According to the statement, the loyalty of organized Labour to the government is unequivocal, stressing that the only concern of Labour was the welfare and well being of workers and pensioners.
