Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that he will not pay striking parliamentary workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), until they call off the on-going strike in the state.
In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor maintained that his administration had implemented full financial autonomy for the legislature, hence there was no justification for closure of the state House of Assembly.
Describing the strike as a disservice to the government and people of Rivers State, he noted that the enforcement of no-work-no-pay policy had come into force in Rivers State and as such, parliamentary workers could no longer sit at home and expect their salary.
Earlier on Wednesday, the governor, had also directed the Accountant General of the State not to pay judiciary workers for the first week of June because the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in the state, failed to call off their strike by May 31, 2021.
He had also maintained that Rivers State had been implementing full financial autonomy for the judiciary and that the strike was, therefore, unnecessary in the first place.
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