Chairman of Cross River State chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Monday Ogbodum, disclosed that no civil servant in under the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in the last seven years has witnessed promotion.
Ogbodum revealed this on Thursday in Calabar while speaking to journalists on a wide range of issues as it affected the welfare of workers under Ayade’s administration which comes to an end on May 29.
According to him, aside from regular payment of salaries and pensions, workers had the worst of welfare under the administration.
Describing the working environment of workers as probably the worst in the country, Ogbodum said the last time retirees were paid gratuity was in 2014.
“Promotion for workers since 2016 has not been 100 per cent implemented while nothing is being done or has been done to local government workers.
“Payment of gratuities: A committee put in place by the government to actualise and effect payment has become moribund after the initial release of the sum of N200 million in January to April 2022 which could not accommodate all retirees in the month of March 2014.
“No further release has been made by the government. Therefore, payment of gratuities to state retirees from April 2014 and local government workers from 2012 is still pending,â€