Labour rejects huge benefits for Jonathan

In a press statement issued in Lagos and signed by its National President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and the Secretary-General , Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, the union expressed worry that in spite of public outcry against financial recklessness and sharp practices that have been the bane of the Federal Administration in the past couple of  […]

In a press statement issued in Lagos and signed by its National President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and the Secretary-General , Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, the union expressed worry that in spite of public outcry against financial recklessness and sharp practices that have been the bane of the Federal Administration in the past couple of  years, the presidency still proceeded to approve the humongous sum of N3.24 billion as terminal benefits for Political Office Holders whose tenure will expire on May 29 including Legislators who were re-elected.
 “This is a sacrilege and unacceptable in an economy where Civil Servants who serve the country for 35years or attain the age of 60 years are not paid any gratuity after Service.
  “We demand that all stakeholders in the Nigeria Project must stand up now and oppose this financial recklessness’’ the union emphasized.
  The ASCSN argued that if Dr. Jonathan and other Political Office Holders including all manner of Advisers and Assistants collect such whopping terminal benefits, then, the incoming government of General Muhammad Buhari must ensure that they return the money to the public treasury.
It pointed out that it was inconceivable that in a situation where Civil Servants contribute their meagre salary into the Contributory Pension Scheme and receive no gratuity after long years of service to their fatherland, Political Office Holders who serve for one to eight years and collect millions of naira monthly still awarded themselves such mouth-watering severance benefits.