The Chairman, Joint Public Service Negotiating Team, Plateau State Trade Union, Cmr. James Diwa has appealed to Local Government Workers in the state currently protesting non implementation of the new minimum wage to suspend all forms of protests.


The appeal, according to the chairman was as a result of a meeting between Government and Labour on Monday which led to setting up of a technical committee to ascertain the inflow and outflow of cash of all the Local Governments in the State and make appropriate recommendations for the implementation of the new minimum wage.


A statement signed by the chairman and a copy made available to Ace News on Wednesday, reads; “You are aware that the 7th days ultimatum issued government to implement the minimum wage to Local Government Workers ended yesterday.


“However, a meeting between government and labour on Monday 30th November, 2020 set up a Technical Committee to ascertain the inflow/outflow of each of the 17 LGCs and make appropriate recommendations that will accommodate the payment of the minimum wage to local government workers. “While we share in the hardship workers are passing through in the face of harsh economic realities, we appeal to workers to be calm and suspend all forms of protests for now while the technical committee intensifies effort at completing its assignment to pave a way for the implementation of the new minimum wage to all the local government workers within the shortest possible time”.


Recall that local government workers in Plateau state on Monday embarked on a peaceful protest to register their grievance over non implementation of the new minimum wage. The development saw workers blocking some major ways in Jos, the state capital.