From Ismaila Muhammad Dutse
Organized Labour in Jigawa state has accused the Integrated Personnel Payrol Payment System (PPMS) Consultants contracted by the state government to audit the entire workers of Jigawa of incompetency saying that the company has failed to capture the data of the entire work force of the state accurately living a total of 7,800 workers without capturing them and described as ghost workers.
This was made known by the state chairman of the NLC Comrade Sunusi ALhassan in his address on The occasion of this year’s May Day celebration which took place on Wednesday first May 2024 at Aminun Kano Triangle , Dutse ,jigawa state.
Comrade Alhassan said to add to workers woes , the state government has rushed to adopt the payment of salaries for the Month of April, 2024 with IPPMS platform adding that this was expectedly led to massive cases of underpayment of staff, ‘’of those that were so far paid. there’s hardly a single staff who was paid their correct salary figures most were underpaid while some were over paid , beside names of thousands of workers appear on the IPPMS payment vouchers there by throwing them into uncertainties .At as today, Majority of civil servants in the stats and local government councils have not received their April , 2024 salaries, this was unprecedented , ‘’ he pointed out.
The organized labour said it will hope the government and the consultants will quickly rise to the challenges by addressing all identified problems concerns.
Comrade Alhassaan stated that all the sacrifices the governor was making and all positives policies he was making for the betterment of the state and then assured him that of their continued commitments and unflinching support of the Jigawa state workers to ensure the successful implementation of the governor’s 12 point agenda so that they collectively move the state forward.
In his address, the Governor of Jigawa State Malam Umar Namadi who was represented y his deputy Engineer Aminu Usman Gumel said the introduction of IPPMS payment platform was not meant to witch-hunt any civil servant instead it was done with a good faith in order to correct some anomalies in the payment of salaries of workers ,
He debunked the claim of the organized labour which Says a total of 7,800 workers were skipped out in the screening exercise pointed out that as far As government was concerned a total of 7,783 state workers of the state and 3,267 staff of SUBEB were screened stating that he directed the state Ministry of finance and salary and wages directorate to ensure that all workers that were not been paid ,should be paid last Wednesday, before evening time .
He said that the state government under the ship of Malam Umar Namadi has attached importance to the welfare of workers in the state. Saying that the sum of #1billion Naira was injected in the coppers of the state contribute pension fund so as to enable it continue paying of monthly pension and gratuity to retires adding that the state government has introduce Agricultural policy for civil servants and retirees in the state and provide them with farming input.
