Bayelsa civil servants cry out as Gov. Diri deducts 90k, 150k, others from Sept salaries, removes health allowances

Some Bayelsa State civil servants have expressed their dissatisfaction over the recent deductions of their September salaries by almost 50% and more by the Douye Diri’s Led prosperity administration.

NAIJA LIVE TV gathered that the deduction mostly affected Geologists in the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Mineral Resources in Bayelsa State.

A reliable source who spoke on the ground of anonymity said the salaries of staff of the said Ministries were deducted by the government of Bayelsa state, revealing that some workers where even more affected as the higher their level, the higher the deductions witnessed.

According to the source, it was former governor, H.E Chief Timipre Sylva, during his tenure, that increased their salaries as hazard allowances due to the nature of their work.

The source said “Gov Diri has reduced Geologist salaries in the state. It was former governor, H.E Timipre Sylva, that added the salary for us when he was the Governor, but now, Governor Diri has removed half of our salary in this month. We are in pains.”

It was further revealed that the government has removed some chemical engineers from those Ministries totally and some senior colleagues witnessed as much as N150,000 to N180,000 deductions in their salaries, adding that a whooping sum of N90,000 was deducted from level 13 workers and was paid N110,000 instead of N200,000 earned as monthly salary.

The source further revealed that the government had earlier stopped other allowances before this new development purported to be directed by the Deputy Governor.

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