…Hails Wike On Birthday
The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), Rivers State Council has offered reasons for putting on hold its delegates conference scheduled for Friday, December 13, 2019, where new officers to pilot the affairs of the union in the State would have been elected.. This is even as the union has congratulated the Governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike on his birth celebration.
The State Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the union, Comrade Chuks Osumah while briefing newsmen at the union’s secretariat in Port Harcourt recently, said the decision to put on hold the conference followed litigations instituted by some aggrieved members, which he said were still pending at the National Industrial Court .
He explained that the caretaker committee chose to toe that path of honour because the union, being the oldest in the country, is law-abiding and obeys and upholds the cherished time-tested principles of rule of law.
While urging members of the union in the state to remain peaceful and bear with the committee for the decision, Osumah said the committee was committed to discharging its mandate to the letter and also hand over to elected officers of the union in the state at the end of the day, by ensuring that all contending issues are resolved amicably.
He regretted the inconveniences the postponement of the delegates conference must have caused members of the union, assuring that a new date for the event would be communicated to them, particularly when all issues must have been resolved.
Osumah on behalf of members of the caretaker committee and the entire members of the union in the state congratulated Governor Wike on his birthday celebration last Friday, saying, the Governor has kept faith with civil servants in the State by prompt and regular payment of salaries and pensions.
“His Excellency, even as you celebrate your birthday, always know. that civil servants in the state will continue to support you. More grease to your elbow and we wish you more wisdom, good health and long life,” he said.
He, however, appealed to Governor Wike to as a ‘talk and do’ Governor set machinery in motion for the payment of the new minimum wage to the workers as well as affect the ‘promotion of deserving civil servants in the state.
