CROSS RIVER WORKERS PROTEST EARLY PAYMENT OF DECEMBER SALARY

BY JEREMIAH CHABO

      The early payment of December salary by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has shockingly led to protest among workers.



Civil servants in the state got their salaries for December on the first day of the month. Ayade had always paid the workers early since he assumed office in May 2015.

In May, salaries were paid on the first day
to mark Workers’ Day. While last month, salaries were paid on November 15.

The civil servants were however not
happy by the development as they insisted the early payment would cause more problems for them in January, 2017.

A top civil servant in the Ministry of Environment, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said:

“The state
government’s decision to pay December
salaries of some civil servants within the first three days of the month will make us suffer in due course.

“The government should have employed caution by delaying December salary payments to a later date.

 Our governor may want to score a political point with
this payment, but I think that those of us receiving this money stand to lose fiscally when January comes.”

One of Governor Ayade’s aides who responded to the protest and complaint said “People are so impossible to
please.

There are states in this country
where salaries are not paid as and when
due, but in Cross River State, our
governor pays salaries and even pays
ahead to cater for special occasions like
the Workers’ Day and this Yuletide.
“Instead of applauding him, some people
say he shouldn’t have paid.

 Nigerians are
difficult to please.”“People are so impossible to
please.

There are states in this country
where salaries are not paid as and when
due, but in Cross River State, our
governor pays salaries and even pays
ahead to cater for special occasions like
the Workers’ Day and this Yuletide.


“Instead of applauding him, some people say he shouldn’t have paid. Nigerians are difficult to please.”“People are so impossible to
please.

There are states in this country
where salaries are not paid as and when due, but in Cross River State, our
governor pays salaries and even pays
ahead to cater for special occasions like
the Workers’ Day and this Yuletide.
“Instead of applauding him, some people say he shouldn’t have paid. Nigerians are difficult to please.”