The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson,
on Wednesday said he was awaiting the National Incomes and Wages Commission (NIWC)
to work out the modalities for the payment of the N30, 000 Minimum Wage.
Dickson told the workers, who had gathered at the
Peace Park at Onopa, Yenagoa, to celebrate May Day, that unless details are
sent to all the states, including Bayelsa,
implementation of the new Minimum Wage Act would not commence.
“The government of Bayelsa State has announced again
that we are not against N30, 000 minimum wage in principle. We has announced
that severally at different times and place.
"What we are doing now is that we are waiting
for the wages commission to work out the modalities.
‘’There is something called the National Income and
Wages Commission. Having agreed to pay, we will still have to wait for them to
work out the details and send to every states.
He reminded the workers that he was delivering his
last May Day address as the governor and urged them to put the state first in
all their decisions.
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