TUC rejects FG’s proposed N70,000 monthly transport allowance for workers.
•Says govt has capacity to pay N300,000 Pensioners blast NLC, FG over exclusion from N70,000 transport relief By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has rejected the proposed N70,000 monthly transport allowance for federal workers, which was agreed upon after a meeting between the federal government and leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday.
This even as the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, condemned its exclusion from the transport allowance for workers, accusing the federal government and the leadership of NLC of abandoning retired workers who were battling the same punishing cost of living.
While rejecting the wage award, the TUC said the federal government had the capacity to raise the salary of the lowest-paid worker to N300,000 from the current minimum wage of N70,000, without waiting for a review of the minimum wage.
In a statement jointly signed by Festus Osifo and Nuhu Toro, President-General and Secretary respectively, the TUC said, in view of the prevailing economic hardship facing workers and the wider population, and the proposed measures to address it, what was needed was a salary increase and the implementation of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU Agreement. TUC stated: “Our position is unequivocal, workers are not asking for favours, they are demanding social and economic justice that protects their dignity and livelihoods. “The TUC will continue to defend workers’ rights without retreat, expose non-compliance and pursue every legitimate avenue to compel the government to honour its obligations. “The TUC rejects inadequate temporary relief and demands wage justice for all categories of workers, social protection, reduction of the cost of living for the vulnerable, and full compliance with agreements.
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