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| Gov. Bello Yahaya |
The
attention of Kogi State Government has been drawn to a statement contained in
the bulletin 8 of the State branch of NLC/ TUC, directing Civil Servants to
commence strike action with effect from Monday, 27th June 2016.
This
development is viewed with sabotage, considering the fact that payment of
arrears of salaries commenced two weeks ago. 48 MDAs out of the total 55
MDAs have been paid, 7 MDAs are yet to be paid because the correct grade levels
of the workers are being verified...
Salary variations were received from many
MDAs for the month of February to April 2016. 14 Local Government Areas with
correct information has been paid, while work is in advance stage for the
payment of both Local Government Areas and State Pensioners.
The
patience Kogi State workers have endured, should not be thrown away by
accepting the strike action. Please note that the action will truncate the
ongoing efforts of payment of remaining 7 MDAs, LGAs, and Pensioners.
Government
has the best interest of the State Civil Servants and the entire Kogi State at
heart. The Screening Exercise, which is the main cause delay in the
payments of salaries is being carried out in order to eliminate the deep rot we
have within the civil service. Those behind the proposed strike action may be
those benefitting from the series of illegal salary payment in the past that
has crippled the State. I assure you that Government is working round the clock
to ensure that the remaining civil servant are paid within the coming days.
I
wish to state categorically that His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the
Executive Governor of Kogi State remains committed to the general wellbeing of
all Kogi State indigenes, which include the Civil Servants, and ever prepared
to weed out ghost workers from the State, with a view to allow workers get paid
as at when due.
For
the love and passion that we have for the younger ones in school particularly
in Kogi State University, Government wishes to use this medium to plead with
the Academic Staff Union of the university to return to their classrooms. The
ASUU strike affects not just the psyche of the student, but also causes further
stress to the parents and ultimately tarnishes the reputation of our great
State. ASUU is reminded that they were the first to be paid even when
Government could assess only 40% of the bailout funds requested.
We
should all remain focused on the prize and remind ourselves that the screening
exercise will create a lot of savings for the state. The money saved will be
used in the prompt and complete payments of the genuine civil servants and also
assist in the critical developmental areas identified by His Excellency. These
include the creation of world class public model schools, health institutions,
development of small and medium enterprises and also rapid rural
infrastructural development.
Civil
servants should think deep and join forces with the Government in order to
develop our dear State. His Excellency implores you all to disregard falsehoods
from persons trying to hinder the development of the State for their personal
and other reasons.
To
this end, I hereby enjoined all genuine Civil Servants in the State to go about
their normal work schedule and let us all build a new Kogi State in the NEW
DIRECTION of the Administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
God bless the entire workers in Kogi State!
God
bless the entire Kogites!
United
we stand divided we fall!
Thank you.
Signed:
Hon. Mohammed Awwal Imam
Commissioner
for Information, Culture and Tourism
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