Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has given workers in the state 72 hours to return work or risk sacking.
The governor also threatened to replace them once they were dismissed from service.
Nwifuru’s move came after the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ebonyi State section, declared a seven-day warning strike.
Addressing reporters on Monday in his office at the new Government House in Centenary City, Abakaliki, Nwifuru stated that the state government owes no workers.
He added that the state government has given approval N75,000 as the minimum salary and has already begun payment.
The NLC in Ebonyi State declared a seven-day warning strike on Sunday in protest of the state’s failure to implement the increased minimum wage.
However, reacting to the strike, Governor Nwifuru said:
“If you don’t go to work, not only that I will not pay you salary, but I will replace you within 72 hours in your office.
“If I don’t see you in your office, consider yourself sacked. So far I am not guilty, I am not owing you.
“I am paying you what is supposed to be paid. And according to the agreement and the Constitution, I am not owing you. If you don’t go to work within 72 hours I will replace you.
“And I have called the state chairman of the Civil Service Commission. I have directed all the commissioners to go to their offices. All the agencies, all the departments of government must be in their office and record the people that come to work. And that is the people I will pay through table payment.
“I will pay you by the number of days you attended to your duty in your office. If you don’t want to come to work, you will forget about the state government.”
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