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Minimum Wage: Pankshin LG Boss Orders Screening, Verification Of Council Workers
- Minimum wage: Pankshin, Screening
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Mr John Damap, the Chairman, Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau, has ordered the screening and verification of council staff members toward full implementation of minimum wage.
Damap, who gave the order in a news release he signed and issued on Saturday, said arrangements had been made for its beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Plateau Government had in January announced the transfer of salaries of Local Government workers to chairmen of the 17 LGAs of the state.
This was sequel to the battle the state government had with LG workers who in November 2020 embarked on indefinite strike over non-implimentation of the N30,000 minimum wage.
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The strike ran into early February 2021, when agreements were reached between the workers and the 17 LG bosses after the state government announced its withdrawal from payment of the workers salaries.
He said that Thursday, Feb. 25 and Friday, Feb. 26, the Primary Health care and Agric Departments respectively would take their turns while Monday March 1 and Tuesday March 2nd would be for Primary Education.
According to him, Wednesday March 3, is for the mop up screening exercise of the council.
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