Nigeria workers under the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called on both Federal and State Governments to considered payment of cost of living allowances to their workers.
The NLC also warned of impending strikes in the health and judiciary sectors as well as core service over the unreviewed wages for about 13 years against the three years’ review agreement.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, stated this on Monday while lamenting that the nation’s economy was not doing well and had reason not to do well.
Wabba explained that the judiciary, medical and health salary structures including the core civil service were last reviewed in 2013 contrary to the provisions of their agreements that provided for a review in three years.
“The challenge in the economy and the high-wire inflation trend is a global phenomenon. But every country is responding locally to the challenge. In my capacity as the President of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC, which represents not less than 205 million workers in 163 countries, I have visited many countries. The last one I visited was Tunisia where I had the rare privilege of having a one-on-one with the President of Tunisia. From the conversation we had, I have been able to understand that they responded effectively to increased salary across the board with 7 per cent.
