{"id":87163,"date":"2023-04-30T21:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people"},"modified":"2023-04-30T23:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:44:36","slug":"workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people","title":{"rendered":"Workers\u2019 Day: Past years challenging for us \u2013 Ortom to Benue people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has admitted that workers in the state have faced challenges in the past years of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>The governor who spoke on Sunday in a solidarity message to workers issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, to mark the 2023 Workers\u2019 Day celebration, said despite the economic challenges, workers in the state have \u201cremained undaunted and faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor blamed insecurity in the state for the economic crisis bedevilling the state.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads partly: \u201cThe past years have been challenging for all of us and I know that many of you have faced difficult circumstances and uncertainties in your workplaces like payment of salaries and other allowances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation has been worsened by insecurity in the state. Yet, you have had to adapt to new working conditions and navigate a rapidly changing economic landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut through it all, you have persevered and shown incredible resilience. Your dedication and commitment to your jobs and our communities are an inspiration to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has admitted that workers in the state have faced challenges in the past years of his administration. The governor who spoke on Sunday in a solidarity message to workers issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, to mark the 2023 Workers\u2019 Day celebration, said despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,331,254,379,4016],"class_list":["post-87163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-benue","tag-nigeria","tag-ortom","tag-workers-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Workers\u2019 Day: Past years challenging for us \u2013 Ortom to Benue people - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has admitted that workers in the state have faced challenges in the past years of h ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workers\u2019 Day: Past years challenging for us \u2013 Ortom to Benue people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has admitted that workers in the state have faced challenges in the past years of h ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-30T20:19:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-30T22:44:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1682873379.54.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Workers\u2019 Day: Past years challenging for us \u2013 Ortom to Benue people\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-30T20:19:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-30T22:44:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1682873379.54.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ortom\",\"Workers' Day\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/workers-day-past-years-challenging-for-us-ortom-to-benue-people\",\"name\":\"Workers\u2019 Day: Past years challenging for us \u2013 Ortom to Benue people - 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