The Plateau House of Assembly has called on labour and government to accept a political solution to end the eight-month old strike Local Government workers strike in the state.
The resolution was passed on Friday following a motion by Mr Joe Dawan, representing Qua’an pan constituency.
The house called on the State Government to recall the striking workers by paying them two months’ salary arrears.
The Speaker, Mr John Dabwan, who read the resolution, said the arrears covered September and October.
According to the resolution, this is to allow the workers settle down before government will conduct its biometric exercise.
The house also pleaded with labour to support the resolution by accepting the palliative for workers to resume work before the commencement of the biometric.
Dabwan, however, explained that the two months arrears of salary that would be paid to the workers would be based on the 55 per cent earlier negotiated with the government.
He said that payment of the N18,000 new minimum wage would commence after the biometric exercise.
Earlier in his contribution, the member representing Kanke Constituency, Mr Timothy Golu, said the government had negotiated and agreed with labour to pay 55 per cent.
He added that what the workers were demanding was the payment of the arrears of the 55 per cent.
Golu urged the government to mobilise funds and pay the workers the two months’ arrears as incentive to enable them to return to work while negotiation continues.
In his contribution, Mr Dalyop Mwamsat, Jos South Constituency, pleaded with the workers to return to work since the government had agreed to pay them the N18, 000 minimum wage after the biometric exercise.
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