ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Bayelsa State government has warned that teachers or health workers in the State who stay away from work up to 15 days in a month will not be paid salary for that month.
The state’s Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said this on Thursday during a meeting with stakeholders of Sagbama LGA at the government house in Yenagoa, the State capital.
Also, Ewhrudjakpo warned that any community leader who failed to report absentee workers to the appropriate authorities will equally be sanctioned.
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He said the present administration was determined to change the narrative in the education and health sectors.
Ewhrudjakpo noted also that investigations had revealed that there was hardly any public health facility or school across the state where no staff had been posted to.
While acknowledging the need to inject more manpower into the two sectors, the Deputy Governor insisted that the government employees must work to justify their monthly pay.