Minimum Wage: Gov. Dickson Orders Immediate Payment

The executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson, baa ordered the immediate payment of the federal government approved national minimum wage for civil servants in the state starting with January 2020.

Dickson gave the approval Friday night during a meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Yenagoa, the state’s capital.

He said “I made you people a commitment that we are not (in principle) opposed to the payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage. Today, I have made good that promise. Under normal circumstances, there is nothing we pay our hard-working employees that should be considered too much.

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“I cannot thank you enough for the support, cooperation, understanding and patriotism you displayed to my administration for the past eight years particularly during the period of the economic recession. My expectation is that the organized Labour will extend this understanding and cooperation to the incoming government.”

Dickson while describing the state’s workers as hard working staff stressed the need for the public service to remain apolitical, disciplined and professional in the discharge of its duties.

The Governor also directed the state’s financial team to follow through the template set by the National Wages and Income Commission in implementing the new salary level.