Bayelsa goes tough on erring workers (Read full details)

<img class="size-full wp-image-234293 alignleft" src="http://ift.tt/2jOwz5s&quot; alt="pdp-bayelsa-state-acting-chairman-david-serena-dokubo-spiff" width="640" height="361" srcset="http://ift.tt/2jOwz5s 640w,http://ift.tt/2j3mIVi 320w,http://ift.tt/2jOKSat 281w,http://ift.tt/2j3gOna 562w,http://ift.tt/2jONaX1 531w,http://ift.tt/2j3oHsN 1062w,http://ift.tt/2jOQotI 487w,http://ift.tt/2j3ls4R 600w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"http://cdn.gdn.ng/, the state will tomorrow launch its ‘no work, no pay policy’ to comprehensively check the excesses of its workforce.

Briefing newsmen at the end of Governor Seriake Dickson’s meeting with members of the State Executive Council (SEC), heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as well as permanent secretaries and top government functionaries, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), David Serena Dokubo-Spiff, said the current administration could no longer condone acts of indiscipline.

“The malady of absenteeism in the state civil service must stop. There is attendance registers to be monitored in all the MDAs and the people assigned to monitor the registers are going to be monitored likewise,” he added.

The SSG said the implementation of the new civil service reform was to check age-long fraudulent practices manifest in over-bloated wage bill and age falsification.

Dokubo-Spiff regretted that government could no longer cope with its N5 billion monthly wage bill owing to the numerous developmental challenges confronting the state.

Bayelsa goes tough on erring workers