Governor-Darius-Ishaku: appeals to workers The Taraba Government on Thursday appealed to
striking civil servants to call-off the three-say
warning strike and forward names of workers affected by salaries deductions and omissions for prompt action.

Mr Anthony Danburam, the Commissioner for
Information and Re-orientation, made the appeal at a
press briefing in Jalingo.
Organised labour had on Wednesday commenced a
three -day warning strike over the issue, including
non- payment of salaries to primary school teachers.
The commissioner said that the state government
was not happy over the abnormalities in the salaries
of workers.
“The variations are not deliberate. Before now, Soft
Link System, a company owned by the present deputy
governor was handling the payment without any
issue.
“But because he is now the deputy governor, it’s not
right for his company to still handle staff salary
payments and we engaged Starter Point Consulting
Company which is now handling the payments.
“The new consultant is still using the data base of Soft
Link, pending when the ongoing staff verification in
the state would be completed in a matter of months
from now.
“However, within the period, there are staff
promotions from one grade level to another and
some have retired or died and the new consultant
does not have these records.
“The Head of Service had written to the organised
labour to compile list of workers affected from
various Ministries, Department and Agencies and
forward same to the desk officer in charge.
“ The desk officer will correct the abnormalities in the
payments, but organised labour have not complied
with the directive,” he said.
The commissioner said despite the lean resources of
the state, Gov. Darius Ishaku has been paying staff
salaries and would continue to do so.