IN a deliberate attempt to check truancy in the local
government system, newly appointed local government caretaker committee
chairmen in Enugu State have adopted the policy of ‘no work, no pay’ for local
government workers across the state...
In a town hall meeting with his workers at
Agbani, the caretaker committee chairman for Nkanu West, Mr. Chika Igwesi,
warned workers that their pay package at the end of the month would depend on
their attendance to work for that month. He noted that since his appointment,
he has been inundated with complaints from the workers, traders, keke riders,
National Union of Road Transport Workers, prompting him to summon the town hall
meeting. “To NULGE, it is a ‘ no work, no pay policy.’ You should work hard to
make the local government move forward. And on our own part, we will do
everything possible to make sure that the work environment is conducive for
them and their salaries paid promptly. “For the traders, you must understand
that there is no reason to be in disharmony. We are people of peace and we are
here to make peace in the market and the other associations attached to the
market. “The same for the keke and road transport workers, we want to harmonize
everything to follow a dimension whereby at the end of my stay in the council,
they will be yearning for someone like me to return.” Earlier, chairman, Natiomal
Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Nkanu West chapter, Comrade Nnaji
George highlighted some of the problems of the workers to include victimization
of workers, whereby about 20 per cent of worker’s salaries are not signed by
the chairman.”
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