Invest in manpower development, public servants urge govt

The president, Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), Comrade Mohammed Attahiru Yunusa, has urged government at all levels to invest in manpower development to improve service delivery in the country. Speaking at the National Administrative Council and Central Working Committee meeting in Kaduna, Yunusa said government should realize that workers […]

The president, Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), Comrade Mohammed Attahiru Yunusa, has urged government at all levels to invest in manpower development to improve service delivery in the country.

Speaking at the National Administrative Council and Central Working Committee meeting in Kaduna, Yunusa said government should realize that workers are the greatest asset of any organization and not the machineries being imported.  

He lamented that in Africa, employers did not take care of their workers, but invested hugely in infrastructure, advising   government to take care of its human resource through trainings and good remunerations for the overall development of the nation. 

He said the union faced the challenges of insecurity, lack of payment for overtime,  leave allowances,  and non-payment of first 28 days allowance and salaries in some places of work.

He said the association enjoined workers to be productive at all times and  believed in the rule of law, social partnership and dialogue to resolve issues and was not considering strike action for now.