Labour Kicks as Federal Government Slashes Wage by N100bn

• President Bola Tinubu's administration has slashed the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100 billion
• Organised labour has kicked against the decision, stating that was not the agreement they had with the government
• Labour said the decision would be considered right if the government decides to reduce their bills by cutting down their numerous aides and assistants

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5-year-experience covering metro and government policy

FCT, Abuja - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have kicked against the decision of the federal government to slash the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100 billion.

Organised labour warned that this was not the agreement they had with the government and they would resist it, The Punch reported.

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The NLC assistant general secretary, Chris Onyeka, said the decision would be considered right if the government decide to reduce their bills by cutting down their numerous aides and assistants.

The NLC head of information, Benson Upah, also said:

“We were not informed before this was done. However, this behaviour is not inconsistent with the psychology of this government. It’s sad!”

On his part, the TUC national deputy president, Tommy Etim, warned the federal government against playing games with the wage award for Nigerian workers.

“It was an agreement reached with the organised labour and the instrument of agreement reached was deposited in the court.”

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Legit.ng also reported that Tinubu approved the N35,000 wage payment to civil servants under his administration.

The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) confirmed the development.

It said the implementation of the N35,000.00 per month wage award for federal government ministries, departments and agencies would be funded from the treasury.

Ekpo Nta, the chairman/chief executive officer of NSIWC, disclosed that this only applies to treasury-funded offices, while non-treasury-funded government agencies are to implement the same from their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) or statutory allocations.

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Source: Legit.ng