By Peace Udugba
Street sweepers under the Taraba State sanitation programme will now earn ₦10,000 monthly following a fresh salary cut by the state government.
The Chairman of the Taraba State Environmental and Sanitation Agency, Hon. Illiya Kefas, announced that workers under the Operation Keep Taraba Clean programme had their pay reduced from ₦15,000 to ₦10,000 due to rising financial pressures.
Kefas said the decision, approved by Governor Agbu Kefas, became necessary after the recruitment of more workers into the state and local government civil service amid limited allocations from the Federation Account.
He noted that the agency also bears the cost of sanitation operations across the state and added that workers unwilling to continue under the new arrangement are free to leave.
The latest cut means the street sweepers’ salaries have dropped from ₦20,000 in 2023 to ₦15,000 in 2024 and now ₦10,000, raising concerns over the welfare of low-income earners in the state.
