Delta State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, of the state, to ensure that all those directly or indirectly involved in the criminal act of inflating the number of workers in the state to collect the salaries of non-existing workers to the detriment of the state, must be brought to book.
NLC factional chairman, Mr. Williams Akporeha, expressed shock about the disclosure by the state governor that he had just set up a committee to investigate why the state wage bill was higher than other states in the Niger Delta region that had more revenue resources, including higher federal allocation. Answering questions from newsmen after the Christian inter-denomination thanksgiving service in Asaba, to commemorate Nigeria’s 55th independence anniversary, Akporeha, while responding to Governor Okowa’s disclosure the committee on ghost workers pleaded with the governor to make the finding of the committee public when it finished its work.
According to him, “my take on that is to urge Governor Okowa to let the committee make its findings public to expose the evil doers while the state government must ensure that it prosecutes all those found to be part of the cartel promoting ghost workers’ syndrome in the state to serve as a deterrent. We disapprove of a situation where some individuals are receiving monthly salaries without working for it while others work in one place but receive salaries in two other places.
This is callous, wicked and inhuman.
“Congress is ready to support government in this fight and the time to act is now. Labour cannot continue to fold its hands while funds that are supposed to have been channelled by government to enhance workers welfare are being diverted by criminal elements within the system for their selfish purposes. We in NLC want to urge the state government not to hesitate to seek partnership with Congress in its effort to purge the system and rescue the resources from ghost workers.”
Source: Vanguard
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