By; MAGAJI HUNKUYI, Jalingo.
Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has commended Taraba State Government for the payment of two months salary arrears out of four Months owned to its members.
The union made the commendation in a press release which was signed by the state chairman and secretary, Comrade Naphtali Kefas and comrade Garba Adamu made available to Newsmen in Jalingo, stated that payment will reduce the suffering being faced by local council staffs in the state.
The release explained that there were cases of omission of some council workers from across the sixteen local government areas in the payment and called on the state government to address the problem.
The union also commended the effort of the Bureau for Local Government and chieftaincy affairs in the payment of the arrears and urged the state government to settle the remaining balance of two months.
The union further stated that it was making effort to see the anomalies experienced in the payment were corrected and assured that those omitted in the payment would get their salaries very soon.