Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that industrial disharmony can be curbed when the Federal Government involves the states in negotiations of wages and allowances with the organised labour.
The governor who spoke in Asaba on Monday, when he received members of Senior Executive Course 36 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, said oftentimes, states do not have the financial capacity to pay allowances and wages agreed with the organised labour by the Federal Government.
“The Federal Government goes into negotiations with labour leaders in Abuja without involving the states and reach agreements which are expected to be binding on all. Most states do not have the financial capacity to implement these decisions and this has led to frequent strike actions and disharmony in the affected states”, he said.
He observed that industrial disharmony witnessed in the states could easily be linked with payment of agreed wages and allowances between the Federal Government and the organised labour, as the agreements are assumed to be binding on the states even when they lack the capacity to pay.
He used the opportunity to state that the ‘Delta Beyond Oil’ initiative of his administration was to position the state to be less dependent on revenue from oil and gas, observing that despite the state being rich in oil and gas, his administration was diversifying the state economy for it to be more buoyant.
Dr Uduaghan urged industrialists to take advantage of the friendly investment environment in Delta State disclosing that they will have quick returns on their investments.
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