Adamawa State’s worker under the umbrella of organised Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after a marathon meeting on Friday released a bulletin lamented the “unfortunate, and unwarranted” deductions on July 2020 salaries by the administration of Rt Hon Ahmadu Fintiri
The bulletin revealed the outcry I
You he civil servants who received the deductions in salaries of the month of July with a deep shock and monumental bewilderment without due consideration of the COVID-19 scourges on them.
The organized Labour called on the State government to direct the Accountant General’s Office to reverse the deduction made on workers salaries as done in the month of May, June 2020 with Minimum of delay.
They further asked Governor Fintiri to fully implement the national minimum on Local Government workers as they are part of the negotiations process and the signed agreement.
Adamawa workers also demanded that the double taxation meted on them on the June Salary be reversed.
While waiting on Government to act accordingly, they called on civil servants to remain calm and peaceful.
You may recall that the July salaries attracted much complains on Thursday as many workers noticed serious deductions on the month the said the government received high Federal account allocation.
Comrade Nasiru Babale, Chairman, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria said not only did the government paid them with huge deductions but it reversed back the minimum wage promised and paid them with the 2019 salaries structure.
