Workers in Cross River State under the umbrella of
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday
protested the payment of May salaries on the first day of the month by the
state Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade.
Despite the state receiving the least revenue
allocation from the federation account and being third most indebted state in
the country, Ayade has made a habit of being the first to pay salaries in the
country.
In the last three years, Ayade has been consistent
in ensuring that workers in the state get their May salaries on the first day
of the month.
Commenting on the development, the state Chairman
of TUC, Clarkson Otu, said workers and the leadership of labour were unhappy
over the early payment of salaries by the state government.
According to the labour leader, even though the
government means well, labour was not happy with the situation.
“As labour leaders, we do not support it (early
salaries payment). We have told the governor that it is not proper. April
salary was paid only last week and on May 1, he paid May salary. We are
surprised he still paid early this month in spite of our protest. We will
continue to engage him on that,” he stated.
Speaking in a similar vein, the state Chairman of
NLC, Ben Ukpepi, decried the early payment of salaries by the state government.
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