Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has accused striking local government workers in the state of a plan to blackmail and smear the image of his administration by waging a campaign of calumny against the government over the non-implementation of minimum wage at the local government level.
The local government workers in the 17 council areas of Plateau State have been on strike in the past one months and occupying the entrance of the state secretariat to press home their demands.
Speaking at the launching of the work support programme in Jos on Friday, the governor said the workers have not only disregarded efforts to negotiate with Local Government Councils who were their employers but have gone ahead to wage a campaign of calumny and blackmail against the State Government adding that they have also gone ahead to defy a subsisting court order restraining them from carrying out their activities. (Tribune)