Bayelsa councils set to pay minimum wage, salary arrears
Workers, under the umbrella of local government system in Bayelsa State, would soon heave a sigh of relief as the eight councils in the state plan to pay new minimum wage and salary arrears owed workers.
The workers, including primary school teachers, non-academic staff and health personnel, would also be paid salary arrears from 2016 on monthly installments with effect from this month.
These were part of resolutions taken at the end of an enlarged stakeholders meeting involving chairmen and principal officers of councils, labour union leaders, and some top government officials, presided over by the state Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in Government House, Yenagoa at the weekend.
It was also resolved that N5 million should be set aside from the monthly statutory allocation of each local government for the payment of salary arrears. Declaring the meeting open, Ewhrudjakpo restated the administration’s determination to reposition the state local government system for effective service delivery at the grassroots level.
Presenting the report of the Committee on Local Governments Implementation of Minimum Wage Projection, the Technical Adviser to the Governor on Treasury and Accounts, Mr. Timipre Seipulu, disclosed that the aggregate monthly wage bill of the councils would rise to about N1.2 billion once the new wage is implemented.
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