Dickson threatens to sack absentee workers

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says any worker who stays away from office will be sacked.
Dickson made the remark at the lunch of “Operation no work, no pay” by the State Government in Yenagoa on Wednesday.
He said the policy would not only improve the workforce but fortify plans to move the state forward.
He said the state government was spending heavily on workers’ development without improved revenue.
Dickson explained that the launch was necessary to ensure that state, local governments and parastatals did not collapse.
The governor, who decried the way workers stayed out of work, said only those who reported for work regularly would now be entitled to salaries.
“The workers must begin to work towards generating fund for the state; this is not time for negligence of duty, especially at this time of harsh economy.
“All stakeholders from the state to local government levels must partner with the government to effect the real change.
“We will no longer tolerate those who stay at home awaiting salary alert every month.
“This is a clarion call to all parastatals in the state because the era of spending and paying salaries without generating fund to the state has come to an end.
“The state government is also calling on all tertiary institutions in the state to wake up; Collage of Education, School of Health Technology and Niger-Delta University can generate a lot of funds for the state.
“The state has stopped monthly subventions to tertiary institutions from January 2017, but we will not stop to improve infrastructure in the schools”, Dickson said.
Mr John Ndiomu, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Bayelsa chapter, said that launching of the operation ‘no work, not pay’ was not a big deal but paying of salaries when due.
He, however, urged workers to be focused and dedicated to duty, stressing that the labour unions were ready to work with the government.