The Chairman, Joint Public Service Negotiating Team, Plateau State Trade Union, Comrade James Diwa, yesterday appealed to local government workers in the state currently protesting non-implementation of the new minimum wage to suspend all forms of protest.
According to the chairman, the appeal was as a result of a meeting between government and the unions on Monday which led to setting up of a technical committee to ascertain the inflow and outflow of cash of all the councils and make appropriate recommendations for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
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The chairman, who made the appeal in Jos, said: “You are aware that the 7-day ultimatum issued government to implement the minimum wage to local government workers ended yesterday.
“However, a meeting between government and labour on Monday – 30th November, 2020, set up a technical committee to ascertain the inflow/outflow of each of the 17 LGCs and make appropriate recommendations that will accommodate the payment of the minimum wage to local government workers.
“While we share in the hardship workers are passing through in the face of harsh economic realities, we appeal to workers to be calm and suspend all forms of protest for now while the technical committee intensifies effort at completing its assignment to pave a way for the implementation of the new minimum wage to all the local government workers within the shortest possible time”.
Members of NULGE on Wednesday embarked on protest over non-implementation of 30, 000 minimum wage.
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