The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,
has called on pensioners across the country to vote against any state governor
still owing backlog of unpaid pensions in the forthcoming 2019 general
elections.
President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba,
stated this while addressing delegates and other guests at the 12th Quadrennial
National Delegates Conference of NLC in Abuja on Tuesday.
Wabba, while commending the
federal government for releasing bailouts and Paris Club refund to states,
insisted that state governors had no justification to still owe pensioners.
He warned that some funds
received by governors were being diverted from its main purpose
He said: “Government workers in
some states are owed arrears of salaries, pensions and gratuities despite the
bailout, budget support and Paris Club Refund to states.
“Despite the money released by
the Federal Government for states to offset salary liabilities, some states
refused to clear their salary arrears.
“In the past four years, the NLC
embarked on a number of industrial actions in states that were owing workers
arrears of salaries. The NLC organized protest marches in Imo, Kogi, Nasarawa,
Oyo, Osun, Ebonyi, Kaduna and Benue states to protest the poor working
conditions of workers.
“We commend the Federal
Government for releasing about N1.9 trillion to state governments through
bailout, budget support and Paris club refund.
“The release of about N1.9
trillion in the form of bailout, budget support and Paris Club Refund assisted
greatly in addressing the non-payment of salary, pensions and gratuity in many
states especially worker-friendly State Governors.
“In some few instances, the
funds were diverted and the situation has not been fully addressed. A report
from the EFCC and ICPC give credence to this position.
“Give red card to any state
governor still owing backlog of unpaid pension in the forthcoming 2019 general
elections.”
Wabba further commended and
listed states who had applied the bail out funds for its right purpose.
“We must not fail to commend
states that applied the bailout funds for the purpose they were meant for.
These states include Jigawa, Plateau, Kebbi, Katsina, Yobe, Delta, Enugu,
Sokoto, Lagos, Rivers, Cross River, Bauchi, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Taraba among
others. We shall continue to demand for accountability at all levels,” the NLC
President added.
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