Governor Dickson warns against minimum wage reduction
Written by Taiwo Adediran on December 25, 2015
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare of civil servants, saying that he will not subscribe to any move for the downward review of the present minimum wage of eighteen naira, in spite of financial hardship facing the state.
Governor Seriake Dickson
Speaking with journalists in Yenagoa yesterday, Dickson maintained that rather than reduce the minimum wage, as being advocated in some quarters, his administration would do everything within its reach to create a more enabling environment to discharge its duties effectively.
He restated his commitment to the training and re-training of public servants in 2016 to promote human capacity building, which is one of the cardinal points of his administration.
On the delay over the payment of December salary, Dickson empathized with workers, explaining that up till the time of the press briefing, the state was yet to receive its monthly allocation from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). He, however, said the government was working round the clock to ensure the payment on or before next week.
