The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Cross River has disclosed that no civil servant in the state got a promotion in the last seven years. DAILY POST reports.Information Guide Nigeria
TUC Chairman, Monday Ogbodum addressed journalists on the welfare of workers under Ben Ayade’s eight years tenure.
Ogbodum said apart from regular payment of salaries and pensions, workers had the worst welfare under the current government.
The last time retirees were paid gratuity was in 2014, while he revealed that promotion for workers since 2016 has not been 100 percent implemented.
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On payment of gratuities, he said a committee put in place by the government became moribund after the initial release of N200 million from January to April 2022.JAMB Result
The funds did not accommodate all retirees in the month of March 2014, yet no additional funds have been released, Ogbodum said.
“Therefore, payment of gratuities to state retirees from April 2014 and local government workers from 2012 is still pending,” he added.
The Labour leader said annual incremental rate used to be a thing of joy, but government had reneged on this despite the MoU entered into.
“Supply of computers: Workers’ salaries were deducted for this purpose and up till now, some workers have not been supplied computers.
“The committee as captured in the MoU to ascertain the outstanding liabilities has not been set up by the government,” the TUC chairman added.NYSC Portal
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