{"id":6548,"date":"2022-06-10T05:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2022-06-10T05:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:18:16","slug":"parliamentary-staff-dissatisfied-with-petty-incentives-as-remedy-to-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/10\/parliamentary-staff-dissatisfied-with-petty-incentives-as-remedy-to-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary staff dissatisfied with petty incentives as remedy to strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Bida Elly David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly were yesterday discontented with the petty cash incentives of 6,500 SSP paid to each and every staff by the National Assembly as a mechanism to solve their grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This development came after the leadership of the Parliament had reached a consensus with the staff promising to handle their incentives problems resulting into payment of less money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday this week, employees and supporting staff in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly went on a peaceful strike laying down their tools over delayed remuneration that would have aided their standard of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to No.1. Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, Hon. Peter Lomude a lawmaker at the National Parliament said despite resuming back to their daily routine, there were conflict of thoughts as majority of staff in the Parliament were discontented with the petty cash of 6,500 South Sudanese Pounds\u00a0 received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is true that the employees and the supporting staff at the August House have all resumed their daily work after reaching into consensus with the house. The staff truly have taken so far 5-6 Months without receiving their salaries yet they have responsibilities at their homes. Although they have received their incentives, they are not contented and happy since the money received can\u2019t solve their demands\u2019\u2019 Lomude underscored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat has been given to the staff in the August House as incentive is not really enough.\u00a0 It is a reality that our country has faced many problems related to economy. You will see that government\u2019s employees go several months without getting salaries. I really pity these staff as a member of Parliament since they have been committed to work.\u00a0 Every morning you find them cleaning and doing other things.\u00a0 I am urging the government to work on that\u2019\u2019 he appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lomude stressed that what the workers get as salaries does not match with the prevailing situation in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was one of the members who advocated that before the members of the parliament could look into the issues of the emoluments, they should first look into the issues of the salaries for the civil servants and the organised forces\u2019\u2019 he lamented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Lomude emphasized that there was much need for the August house to put into consideration measures of improving staff remuneration policies to mitigate their standard of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe parliament needs to put measures of how to rescue our staff from financial burden since they have children to send to school. The issue of disregarding the voices of supporting staff is one way of not valuing their work\u2019\u2019 he pointed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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