The Trade Union Congress, (TUC), on Tuesday, warned the Federal Government, with immediate effect, to pay all federal civil servants their N35,000 wage award, as agreed during a meeting, after the removal of fuel subsidies.
The TUC President, Festus Osifo, at a briefing in Abuja, after its National Executive Meeting, said it had in good authority that workers had only received the one month meant for September, and that only a few workers had been paid for the second.
Osifo also warned all 36 State Governments across the country and the Federal Capital Territory, to “tighten” their belts, to assuage the plight of workers, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies, to avoid a fresh crisis in the country.
The TUC said, the Head of Service of The Federation, Folasade Yemi Esan, has ignited a fire, by pushing a memo to regulate the tenure of union leaders for two years.
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The TUC said the Minister of Labour must not submit the amended labour laws to the Executive Council of the Federation, until he has adequately involved the labour centres.
The TUC also said that following efforts to unionise workers, five new affiliates have joined the Labour Centre, and they include the Congress of Nigerian Academics, CONUA, the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, the Law Officers Association of Nigeria, LOAN, the National Butchers Employers Union of Nigeria, NABEUN, and the Associations of Telecommunication, Information Technology, Cable, Satellite Network Operators, and Allied Services Employers of Nigeria, ATITCSOASEN.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
