Strike: All Benue workers will enjoy new minimum wage — HoS

The Benue State Head of Service (HoS), Dr Agbogbo Ode, has said that all categories of Benue workers would benefit from the N75,000 new minimum wage.

Ode told the newsmen on Monday in Makurdi that the judiciary workers delayed in supplying necessary information to the committee for inclusion.

Supreme News reports that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Benue branch, on December 6th directed all members to embark on an indefinite strike over the nonimplementation of the new minimum wage.

Supreme News reports that they relied on the directives of their Central Working Committee (CWC) and National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigena Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite strike.

But Ode said all Benue workers were included in the new minimum wage, adding that the judiciary workers were responsible for the delay in the implementation of their own.

The HoS explained that he had directed all organs to make former requests but

JUSUN complied late.

He further said that even when they submitted their request and the template was applied, they disagreed with the technical committee over figures that it was not the same with their own but refused to notify him about it.

Ode further said that instead of meeting him over it, they went and announced an indefinite strike.

The HoS said that the leadership of the union was already meeting with the technical committee and the report would be submitted to him by 12 noon on Monday.

He said if the difference was within his approval limit, he would immediately approve it, but if it was beyond him, the governor would act accordingly.

Ode emphasised that the judiciary workers would all receive their November minimum wage like other workers in the state.