STRIKE WON'T PAY SALARIES - TAHAV AGERZUA

Benue State workers have embarked on a 7-day warning strike over the non-payment of salaries and allowances.
The strike, which is the first to be declared by labour since Ortom became governor in 2015, followed a communique jointly signed by the NLC Chairman, Godwin Anya and his TUC counterpart, Ordue Tartenger, who rejected Ortom’s appeal to shelve the action and wait for better days when the economy would improve.
The unions advised the government to implement the state of emergency it declared on payment of salaries, gratuities and pensions.
But reacting, Special Adviser to Ortom on Media and ICT, Tahav Agerzua, who said that the governor has placed all the cards on the table before the labour leaders, opined that the strike is not the solution because it would not bring the money needed to pay the salaries and arrears being demanded.