NLC says workers yet to feel impact of FG’s bailout for states

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that Nigerian  workers are  yet to see the effect of the much celebrated bailout fund given to state governors across the country by President Muhammand Buhari to pay up the salaries owed workers by the state governments. The congress also charged the federal government to use whatever means […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that Nigerian  workers are  yet to see the effect of the much celebrated bailout fund given to state governors across the country by President Muhammand Buhari to pay up the salaries owed workers by the state governments.
The congress also charged the federal government to use whatever means available to it to recover the stolen money by the political office holders in the country.
The President of the congress, Ayuba Wabba who spoke at the opening of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the congress in Abuja  said the Labour union appreciated the decision of the present administration led by President Muhammandu Buhari to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerian workers due to the salaries arrears owed by the state governments through  the bailout funds, but wondered why the workers are not paid their outstanding salaries uptil now.
The congress president who noted that the Nigerian workers deserve more than what they are presently earning considering the hash economy, said governors have no reason to withhold or delay workers salaries.
He said, “It is evil not to pay workers their salaries. They deserve their salaries because they worked for it.”
He called on the state governors across the countries to as a matter of urgency, settle their workers’ salaries with the bailout fund, if they have received it.
On the fight against corruption in the country, the labour president urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to always respond quickly to the issue of corruption and bring the culprit to book in order to serve as deterrent to others.
He said, “If government uses its anti corruption agencies to follow the cases of corruption up, the country will be better for it.  The country has the resources to boost her economy if corruption is curbed among political office holders.”
On the proposed merger of federal government’s ministries and parastatals, the congress said if the merger would lead to Nigerian workers losing their jobs, the government should jettison the ideas otherwise the labour union  would embark on industrial action to resist any move to lay workers off their jobs.