By Sylvester Ojogbane, Abuja.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Kogi governorship aspirant, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi has hailed the resilience, hard work, tenacity of purpose and loyalty of Kogi state civil servants in the face of irregular payment of salaries.
Alh. Sani Lulu, in a press statement, described Kogi workers as key drivers of growth and hub of development.
He posited that every worker deserves their wages and anything short of getting paid as at when due is a threat to the nation’s democracy.
“I wish to assure you of my total commitment to reshape and reposition the civil service with the introduction of genuine reforms that include training and retraining of staff and non interference of local government council funds.
“I wish to thank Mr. President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the minimum wage bill into law on the 18th April, 2019 passed by the National Assembly on the 19th March, 2019. I am irrevocably committed to the payment of #30,000.00 minimum wage, establishment of staff club with a view to complementing the workers effort.
“Pensioners shall get their pensions and gratuities in full as at when due in addition to building recreation centre for relaxation, exercises and hosting of seminars/ workshops on how to live as a pensioner. This is important as your services as a senior citizen is key to the further development of the state.
“We will reengineer our financial system with a view to solving the current financial crisis by which all outstanding salaries, allowances and leave bonuses will be dispensed with while ensuring monthly salaries are promptly paid. Aluta continua,” he said.
