Civil servants in Rivers State, under the auspices of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), have once again appealed to the Executive Governor of the State, Chief Nyesom Wike, to effect their promotions which have lingered for several years now.
The Chairman of NCSU, Rivers State Council, Comrade Chukwuka Osumah, who made the passionate appeal while speaking in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt, said there is need for the Governor to promote civil servants in the state, as their non-promotion over the years is negatively affecting their morale.
“Without promotions, it means that the workers are being stagnated, this is not good at all. The Governor should do something,” he pleaded.
According to him, civil servants in the state are desirous of enjoying the fruits and benefits of their service to the state like their counterparts in other states through promotions and other incentives.
The labour leader noted that promotions are legitimate entitlements of the workers, without which the civil service itself is useless, and therefore, pleaded with the Governor to listen to the cries of the workers.
He also called on the state government to equally give urgent attention to the full implementation of the new minimum wage and payment of the accruing arrears to the workers as well as address other issues affecting them as contained in the Tripartite Committee Report currently on the Governor’s table waiting for his prompt action including payment of initial pension and gratuity to retirees.
The NCSU Chairman commended Governor Wike for prompt payment of workers’ salaries and also for the bold infrastructural development initiative of his administration, which he said is fast transforming the entire state, and pleaded with the governor to renovate the State Secretariat Complex as he promised.
