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Civil servants in Benue
have appealed to the state government to make their welfare topmost priority in
2020 to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency. They expressed their
opinions in different interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Makurdi, after resuming from the Christmas and New Year break.
One of the civil servants, Mr Vershima Nyitse,
said that if their welfare were given the topmost priority, it would spur them
into discharging their duties creditably. According to him, it is disheartening
for any civil servant to work for 30 or 31 days in a month without salary or
allowance. “The above scenario usually dampens our morals. It makes us very
reluctant to give our all,” he said.
Another member of Benue civil servants, Mr
Wonyima Tyongi, urged the government to be paying salaries as and when due and
intensify efforts to clear the backlog of salaries owed the workers. He said
that workers should be encouraged through regular payment of salaries and
allowances. Also speaking, Mrs Veronica Odeh, appealed to government to step up
efforts to give workers incentives as a way of encouraging them to put in their
best for optimal productivity. “Government should know that happy workers work
happily while angry ones work angrily, resulting in poor performances,” she
said.
[NAN]
Vanguard News Nigeria.
