TUC decries non-payment of federal workers since October

The TUC made the condemnation in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting which held in Lagos State where it “frowned at cases of non-payment of salary to thousands of Civil Servants since October, 2014 without any justifiable reason.”Signed by TUC president Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and its Secretary […]

The TUC made the condemnation in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting which held in Lagos State where it “frowned at cases of non-payment of salary to thousands of Civil Servants since October, 2014 without any justifiable reason.”
Signed by TUC president Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and its Secretary General Comrade Musa Lawal, the communiqué “recalled that the same problem happened late last year when many public servants celebrated Christmas with empty stomach as a result of refusal of Government to pay them their salary.”
It urged the Federal Government to immediately settle all arrears of salaries owed affected workmen in the “interest of industrial peace.”
However, spokesman of the Head of Service of the Federation Haruna Rasheed Imrana told Daily Trust in a telephone conversation last night that it was “absolutely not true” to say that thousands of civil servants have not been paid their salaries.
Imrana said “you better find out which ministry or ministries; that is absolutely not true, there would have been a riot. It is possible to have one or two government agencies facing a little delay but it is definitely not a civil service thing. It is not in the mainstream civil service; to say thousands, you better get the facts right. There would have been a riot.”
The communiqué also expressed dismay that the prices of refined petroleum products have remained unchanged despite the significant fall of crude oil prices which the CBN Governor acknowledges as a steady one.
It called on the government to immediately adjust the pump price of petroleum products which will ameliorate the impact on purchasing power by the devaluation of the naira.
It condemned “in strong terms” what it termed the prosecuted plan by employers in the private sector through the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) to scrap or abolish Gratuity Benefits from the existing retirement benefits in the country and also called for the re-emplacement of gratuity in the public sector.
It said it will fight with all legitimate means at its disposal to ensure the emplacement and the continued existence of the gratuity scheme in Nigeria’s industrial relations system.