Labour condemns plan to deregulate wages

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned plans by the Federal Government to deregulate wages “under the guise of restructuring the polity.’’ In a press statement issued in Lagos, the ASCSN National President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National […]

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned plans by the Federal Government to deregulate wages “under the guise of restructuring the polity.’’

In a press statement issued in Lagos, the ASCSN National President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to reject the recommendation of the committee set up by the All Progressive Congress (APC)  led by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, which had recommended that Labour should be removed from Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. 

The labour leaders posited that if wage and other labour-related matters were removed from the Exclusive Legislative List, governors, most of whom are not paying salaries to their workers, would use the opportunity to further impoverish Nigerian workers and their families. 

“We, therefore, believe that labour like other institutions such as the army, navy, air force, customs service, immigration, etc, are symbols of national unity and should accordingly be retained in the Exclusive Legislative List,” the union added.