According to the report from the Vanguard, In response to the unfolding situation, a spokesperson from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), who preferred to remain anonymous due to lack of authorization to speak publicly, remarked cogently: “It is a fact that many state governors are not implementing the wage award which was a product agreement Organised Labour reached with the Federal Government on October 5, 2023.
This was a product of the understanding of the huge negative consequences government’s policies had foisted on Nigerian workers across the nation. This was supposed to be cascaded down to the states by the governors in a dialogue with NLC and TUC in their respective states.”
The spokesperson further highlighted, “Governors that are not complying are mainly those who have continued to demonstrate serious disdain and contempt for the plight of workers who create wealth in their states.
It is insensitive for a governor who has adjusted upwards the wages of political appointees in their states to believe that workers do not have the right to have a fair share of the resources of the state.”
Moreover, the spokesperson emphasized, “It is worthy of note that all the governors are beneficiaries of the increased revenue from FAAC as a result of the hike in the price of PMS which created multiples of revenues to the state treasuries. However, because the welfare of the workers are not prioritized by the governors, they divert them into other projects which sometimes are wasteful.”
Lamenting the current state of affairs, the spokesperson stated, “It is unfortunate that many Governors have continued to see workers’ salaries as charity which it is not. This has shaped their mindset into believing that salaries are a waste instead of an investment which it should be for the state because when workers are paid well, productivity increases and vice versa.”..………See More
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