Nasarawa State | Government Denies Slashing Workers Salaries By 50 Per Cent

The Nasarawa State Government has condemned the action by the National Labour Congress (NLC) to declare an industrial action over the reduction of the workers salaries by 50 per cent.

This is according to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Nasarawa State, Yusuf Usman during an interview on Sunrise Daily.

“The strike was as a result of labour’s inability to comprehend the situation on ground, they had no reason to go on strike without actually taking into account the real situations on ground, Mr Usman told Channels television.

“Here is a state that for five years consecutively has been paying without failing and without any default.

“I emphasised this point because as we are talking with you there are so many states that are far behind in the payment of salaries, owing arrears of five, six, seven months.

“So if Nasarawa State would, despite all the hardship in the country, keep fit with the payment of salaries for 5 years without arrears I think there is no reason.

Mr Usman also debunked the allegations that the state government slashed the workers’ salaries by 50 per cent saying it was a reduction of the bonuses the government gave the workers in 2011.

The commissioner insisted that the move had become imperative in the face of the current economic reality in the country.

“It is not true that Nasarawa State Government has slashed the salary of any worker, what has happened is a reduction or review of the super bonuses that the government magnanimously gave the workers during the implementation of the minimum wage in 2011”, he said.

[Channels TV]