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In order to entrench accountability and the right attitude to work amongst members of its workforce, the Bayelsa State Government has said it will on Tuesday (tomorrow) begin a ‘no work no pay’.
It also said henceforth absenteeism would attract summary dismissal.
This was revealed by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, at the end of Governor Seriake Dickson’s interactive session with the members of the State Executive Council, heads of department and agencies of government, permanent secretaries and top government functionaries.
A Government House statement quoted Dokubo-Spiff as saying that the government could no longer condone acts of indiscipline on the part of workers.
He said the governor had directed that attendance registers should be opened in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government, adding that any worker who did not come to work for a day or two would face summary dismissal.
The SSG stated, “The malady of absenteeism in the state civil service must stop. There are attendance registers to be monitored in all the MDAs and the people assigned to monitor the registers are going to be monitored likewise.’’
Dokubo-Spiff said the implementation of the new civil service reform was aimed at checking the age-long fraudulent and sharp practices in the state civil service including over-bloated wage bill and age falsification.
According to him, payment of over N5bn monthly wage bill by the state and local government areas can no longer be sustained, lamenting the numerous developmental challenges confronting the state.
He added, ‘’Continued payment of over N5bn monthly wage bill to workers is impacting negatively on the finances of the state. Government can no longer meet its other financial obligation including infrastructural development.
‘’In order to reduce the over-bloated wage the state is being confronted with, all hands must be on deck. Wage bill fraudsters need to be checked. Also, those falsifying age and document in order to remain in the service will be shown the exit door.
‘’The civil service reform should not be misunderstood. It is not aimed at relieving workers of their jobs, rather it is geared towards checking fraudulent and sharp practices,’’ the SSG explained.