Gombe resumes minimum wage payment January
Chima Azubuike, Gombe
Gombe state government will resume the implementation of 30,000 minimum wage this January.
Confirming the decision of government, the state governor Inuwa Yahaya said the suspended wage will revisited due to the improving state resources.
Yahaya revealed this when he played host to National delegation of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), at the Government House.
He stressed that members of ASUU must endeavour to encourage members of the public to pay task and not complain of over taxation.
According to him, education sector and other sectors can only be improved with revenue from taxes, adding that what ASUU (state) members pay as tax is less when compared to national on federal employment.
“Tax encourages performance and if we don’t perform you should hang us. These issues are symbiotic. All the issues are on the table and we will see how to address them with 2021 budget.
“We have resumed paying salaries effective January, we will pay the 30,000 naira, the increase.”
While urging ASUU to shelve it industrial action, Yahaya pleaded the national to ensure the branch sacrifices more.
“Please ask your people to sacrifice more and allow us work out how best to address these issues. We will do as much as we can to do address the issues,” Yahaya added.
Leader of the delegation, Prof. Ade Adejumo said they were in the state to observe the branch congress, urging government to ensure adequate funding of universities.
He said, “we have got promises from government to fund the university, and they also acknowledged the fact that for years that in terms of capital development the university has been neglected and they agreed there should be intervention in terms of funding.”
