The leadership of the organised labour in Bauchi State have endorsed Governor Bala Mohammed’s reelection bid with a pledge to reciprocate the gesture of his administration’s performance in the service.
The chairmen of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) Comrade Moh’d Sabi’u Barau and Comrade Dauda Shu’aibu made this known at an interactive session with the governor in Bauchi yesterday.
They applauded the governor over his administration’s prompt payment of salaries and pensions, total renovation of the state secretariat, providing opportunities for training of workers as well as the implementations of promotions and the consequential adjustment of the N30,000 national minimum wage for officers on GL07 and above in the state public service.
“We are here to say thank you to you for what you have achieved in the civil service of Bauchi, you have done a lot in the system and as such we must appreciate you so as to encourage you to do more in the service.
“We don’t have much issues with your administration, but we want you to do more for the workers of Bauchi State and on their behalf and the leadership of all the trade unions we are declaring our support to His Excellency’s reelection bid”.
The chairmen however urged Governor Bala not to relent in supporting workers to progress and in particular find a lasting solution to all the challenges associated in the payment of salaries and other entitlements to enable beneficiaries perform their duties effectively and diligently for the overall development of the state.
Responding, the governor who expressed gratitude to the organised labour for the endorsement, promised to redouble efforts in the service if reelected with a view to ensuring efficient and effective service delivery to the people of the state.
He said the prompt payment of salaries and pensions as well as the implementation of the consequential adjustment of the N30,000 national minimum wage in all cadres of the service are in line with his present administration’s commitment towards motivating and improving the standard of living of the state and local governments civil servants for greater productivity and a result-oriented service.
“Today, your endorsement to my reelection bid is a great honour to me, this is to show me that you have appreciated the little that I did in the Civil Service, which is to me is not enough. I assure you in my second term Insha Allah, the service will be better than its current situation.
“I mean well for Bauchi State; I urge you to vote for me again and continue to give me maximum support to improve the quality of the services of our workers and indeed the entire people of the state.”
