WORKERS DAY: EBONYI LABOUR LEADERS DEMAND RELEASE OF PROMOTION RESULT, PAY REVIEW

REPORTER: AMECHI ODO

The organised labour in Ebonyi State has called on Governor David Umahi to release the outcome of the last recruitment conducted by the state government to fill vacant positions and reduce unemployment in the state.

The Leader of labour unions in the state, Comrade Leonard Nkah, made the request other while briefing journalists on the resolution of the state workers as they marked their Day in Abakaliki.

Comrade Nkah noted that the call become expedient considering that the administration was running out of time while the incoming Governor might see the recruitment as a ploy to increase the state wage bill.

The labour leader called for the approval of immediate conversion and advancement of workers who were qualified to fill vacancies created in the service while recent victimization of Administrative Heads over collection of fees for the printing of Gen 35 for promotion arrears should be revisited.

He requested for pension review for senior citizens in the state in keeping with section 210 of the 1999 constitution, which made provision for pension review every five years.

Comrade Nkah further appealed to the State Governor, Chief David Umahi, to consider an upward review of workers’ salaries considering the present economic realities.