Musa Mohammed, the Gombe state Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on civil servants in the state to remain calm.

Mohammed stated this on Saturday, at a joint minimum wage committee meeting which held in the office of the Deputy Governor Manassah Jatau.

He said workers in the state should be calm and appreciate the current situation the state government had found itself.

“At the last federation allocation, Gombe State lost N800 million from its allocation due to the dwindling oil price at the international market,’’ he said.

The NLC chairman assured workers that the suspension is temporary, as full implementation of the minimum wage and payment of all arrears will commence when the state’s financial situation improves.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor Manassah Jatau stated that

“The Ministry of Finance is to review the 2020 budget to reflect the reduction in the price of oil in the international market and subsequent adoption of 30 dollars per barrel benchmark by the Federal Government.

“In view of the above, all salaries of political office holders and Permanent Secretaries will be reviewed accordingly as a sacrifice to the state.”

He said that the state revenue service would be strengthened to perform better with a view to reducing the state’s over-reliance on Federal allocations.

Jatau added that the government would announce new austerity measures to further reduce financial leakage and enhance savings for the execution of necessary capital projects.

Recall that the state is among the states in the federation to implement the 30,000 minimum wage, for state government workers cadre although the Governor Inuwa Yahaya during the presentation of the committee’s report assured those in the LGA cadre the same as soon as their Internally Generated Revenues improved.