Written by Hope Abah The Nigeria Labour Congress in
Benue state is set to begin the
mother of all strikes on
Thursday following the
deduction of its workers June
salaries by the state government to enable it pay
teachers' minimum wage.
The development is against the
background of Governor
Gabriel Suswam's appeal to cut
down on state workers salaries in order to pay
primary schools teachers who
had resumed academic
activities barely four weeks
ago after an eight months old
protracted strike to press home their demand for the
minimum wage being enjoyed
by other civil servants in the
state.
But, state chairman of NLC,
Comrade Simon Anchaver today told Daily Trust in Makurdi that
the workers never reached a
compromise with government
to deduct their salaries and as
such the body would convey a
meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter which would likely
lead them to stay out of work
in the days ahead.
"They (government) did that on
their own. We have not agreed
on anything yet and they just started deducting our salaries.
After our meeting tomorrow,
we will definitely go on strike,"
he said.
Suswam had earlier in May
disclosed his decision to reduce workers salaries in the state
by 10 percent while political
appointees salaries would be
slashed by 25 percent in-order
to accommodate the teachers'
demand as his administration could not afford to make up
the differences from its
dwindling allocation.
Our correspondent reports
that since last week, workers
whose salaries were touched have taking to the social media
to rain abusive words on the
governor even as they spoil for
war and have asked that they
government revert to their old
earning rate. Some of them also claimed that
the government deducted more
than the 10 percent it actually
appealed for even though they
had refused the idea from the
onset. Dailytrust 29:7:2014

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/30370-benue-workers-to-begin-indefinate-strike-over-salary-deduction

naija workers, na only salary dem sabi. Even if they are amatuerd in their profession, they still want money increase

Reductions

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.pathetic! mr suswam what happened to your salary? was it slashed too. I wonder how such appailing news emanates from the senate pesidents state.

GOD help our democracy

Olekumaster: naija workers, na only salary dem sabi. Even if they are amatuerd in their profession, they still want money increase

You qo work no collect money lah..
If dem no sabi salary wetin dem qo con sabi?

Must strike be the solution to their problem?

Yoney007: Reductions

No , Increment Questions folks asks on NL these days #smh

.the reward of every labourer is his Pay. Even the Noble says so.

How fan u deduct 10% from civil servants with less than 40,000naira alert and deduct 25% from >350,000 Naira political appointee salary ± extra looted money. Hmmmm! There is God oh.

We are in a period of strikes and impeachments...and *lowers voice* terrorism



Lazy people. As if they are dedicated to their work.

They should wait till the next election and vote out PDP.

Was Suswam allowance and salary reduced? Members of the state house of assembly earning as much as 15 million a month; were their salaries reduced? The judiciary nko.

You guys should ground that state, your governor is a thief.

Gov Gabriel Suswam is a classic example of a thief. This action should have happened long before now. The long strike by primary school teachers was enough reason for them to have taken this action. But whatever the case maybe, he has no right to deduct any worker's salary. Benue state has a large IGR base, the only problem is Suswam.

Suswam's associates spend money in Benue state like its going out of fashion. What he needs to do is to plug the loopholes that makes political appointees instant millionaires just weeks after getting there. He should also curtail the way he spends thousands going into millions of naira on girls anytime he shamelessly goes to a club.

Besides, I believe this is just to free up some funds for his senatorial ambition come 2015. I trust my people, when that time comes and they are given some bags of rice, all else would be forgotten and the criminal would be elected as a senator.

I wonder what d man Suswam is doing in that state, and what's d impact of our dear SP David Mark who has been in d upper chambers since 1999....... Cluelessness I must say!!!

Strike again? Well, go ahead.

Nice development Suswan wetin happen

Okay ooo

Olekumaster: naija workers, na only salary dem sabi. Even if they are amatuerd in their profession, they still want money increase

Trust me, u know nothing of the situation in that state, therefore you shouldn't have made this statement.

afreekah:

No , Increment Questions folks asks on NL these days #smh

Am allowed to be surprised your highness.

Strike is not a new thing there in benue st.

deductons ?

Seriously? Why the deduction? Anyway strike is the only language the government understands.
One day we go wake up discover say sun, moon and stars don go strike.
I weep for my country!

Whyshould the state government cause such trouble, they ought to have known that If they minus 1 from worker's salary, workers will say they minus 5. However Such deductions will give impetus and promise for more additions and multiplications by the time the workers downtools

The Level of Incessant deduction is quite worrisome, why don't they Look for a suitable means to pay up the Teachers, why would the workers sacrifice their hard-earned salaries for another man's pocket! This is bad please!

tbagjames: Written by Hope Abah The Nigeria Labour Congress in
Benue state is set to begin the
mother of all strikes on
Thursday following the
deduction of its workers June
salaries by the state government to enable it pay
teachers' minimum wage.
The development is against the
background of Governor
Gabriel Suswam's appeal to cut
down on state workers salaries in order to pay
primary schools teachers who
had resumed academic
activities barely four weeks
ago after an eight months old
protracted strike to press home their demand for the
minimum wage being enjoyed
by other civil servants in the
state.
But, state chairman of NLC,
Comrade Simon Anchaver today told Daily Trust in Makurdi that
the workers never reached a
compromise with government
to deduct their salaries and as
such the body would convey a
meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter which would likely
lead them to stay out of work
in the days ahead.
"They (government) did that on
their own. We have not agreed
on anything yet and they just started deducting our salaries.
After our meeting tomorrow,
we will definitely go on strike,"
he said.
Suswam had earlier in May
disclosed his decision to reduce workers salaries in the state
by 10 percent while political
appointees salaries would be
slashed by 25 percent in-order
to accommodate the teachers'
demand as his administration could not afford to make up
the differences from its
dwindling allocation.
Our correspondent reports
that since last week, workers
whose salaries were touched have taking to the social media
to rain abusive words on the
governor even as they spoil for
war and have asked that they
government revert to their old
earning rate. Some of them also claimed that
the government deducted more
than the 10 percent it actually
appealed for even though they
had refused the idea from the
onset. Dailytrust 29:7:2014

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/30370-benue-workers-to-begin-indefinate-strike-over-salary-deduction

Are u serious?

.

If to say na APC dy kontrol d state , pple go yarn say dy don give all d moni 4 Tinubu , now i wan no wetin pple go talk.
But y d goveno no fit reduce e own salary and all dos parasite wey be e aides also.
Good Morning Nigerians

Reduction ke? Oga oo,na wa 4 una state govt oo.

Benue state has been cursed with one of the most useless governors in Africa, invariably the world. This state ought to be best state in North Central by virtue of it's economy, instead an old man like Jonah Jang in Plateau has outshone the slowpoke in makurdi in every sphere.
The only thing the government will spend money on is Beer Carnivals, Sponsoring political thugs and organising substandard beauty pageant competitions. The governor has successfully converted most youths in the states to Thugs and prostitutes.
Now his plan is to impoverish the civil servants in the state after destroying primary school education; how can primary schools be on strike for Nine months for heaven's sake ? I pity Nigeria because if this lunatic is successful in making it into the senate in 2015, like he is planning, it's a sign of how terrible things have become.

zicoraads: Trust me, u know nothing of the situation in that state, therefore you shouldn't have made this statement.

oh but i did. When our tertiary institutions were on a strike for almost a year and the staffs kept on pocketing their salaries every month, you tell me if dat is justified!!!

The additions could be done prior before elections

this is the result of all round bad leadership in this country. a state that prides itself as food basket of the Nation, cannot pay salaries. why don't they invest heavily on agriculture and develop the state.. no they all wait for oil allocation from Federal govt. the Benue cement company which was supposed to provide jobs and even revenue for the govt is now moribund. may God help us even though we can't help ourselves