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Osun state primary school teachers and local government workers have vowed to reject an alleged planned 60% payment of their March 2015 salaries by the state government.
The Punch reports the state government officials had taken the payment order to bank but had to withdraw it when they learnt that the workers had kicked against it.
The Punch reports the state government officials had taken the payment order to bank but had to withdraw it when they learnt that the workers had kicked against it.
Some workers who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said said paying their salaries in piece meal had rendered such payment useless for the workers
One of the workers said: “We were reliably informed that the government took 60 per cent of our salaries to the bank. That is salaries of primary school teachers and local government workers but we have asked our leaders to tell those behind the plan to stop it.
“They want to pay 60 per cent of our March salary and they would go and announce that they have paid a full salary. We won’t accept that.
“Even the labour leaders were on Tuesday fooled into believing that the pensioners would be paid one month. The pensioners later discovered that the government only paid them 50 per cent of their November 2014 pension.”
Confirming this move, the state chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Wakeel Amuda, said he heard that government wanted to pay 60 per cent of March salary for primary school teachers and council workers.
He added that he is not aware the government if the government has dropped the decision to pay 60% of March salary
Amuda said:“We heard it as a rumour that the government had concluded the plan to pay 60 per cent of March salaries for local government workers and primary teachers.
“They must not make the mistake of making part payment because the union will resist it. They have assured us that they will pay in full.”
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