The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
has threatened to disgrace Governors who have refused to pay complete salaries
to workers, after receiving bailout funds.
President of the congress, Ayuba
Wabba, said this at the national executive council meeting of the Non-Academic
Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) on Tuesday in
Abuja.
According to Wabba, 10 out of the
36 states, are particularly guilty of the offence.
“The congress has directed all
states chapters whose members are owed more than three months’ salaries arrears
to declare an industrial action and we have promised to name and shame them,”
he said.
“The states include Imo that has
been paying workers’ salaries in percentage and has not declared utilisation of
the bailout fund and Paris club refund.
“They paid 40 percent pension to
their pensioners without their consent and provided a form for them to sign
under duress. That is not allowed in law.
“We have Bayelsa which has
between five to 10 months’ arrears, Ondo is owing between four and six, Ekiti,
(five to eight), Benue (five to eight) and Kogi which is the worst case
scenario.
“We have three categories of
workers in Kogi. We have 40 percent that are being paid up to date, we have 25
percent that had not been paid between eight and sixteen months.
“We also have another 25 percent
that have not been paid between eight and twenty-one months.
“In all the sectors, they have
categorised the workers into three categories,” he said.
The president also listed Osun,
Ebonyi, Zamfara and Abia among those still owing salaries and have not
implemented the 2011 national minimum wage for workers.
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