Amid the hardship across the country, the Trade Union
Congress, TUC, has told the federal government that Nigerians are tired of
unending promises.
Festus Osifo, President of the TUC said the union was tired
of the promises by the Ministry of Labour to implement its demands.
TUC had demanded wage awards for civil servants to cushion
the hardship caused by the fuel subsidy removal, tax exemption for some categories
of workers, as well as setting up structures for the effective implementation
of the palliatives from the federal government.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, had
previously assured Nigerian workers that the government would soon conclude the
issue of wage award.
The minister also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress
not to embark on its planned indefinite strike and allow the government to
resolve all pending issues.
However, Osifo said the union is demanding that the Federal Government
carry out concrete actions.
Featuring on Channels Television on Tuesday, Osifo said, “In
the last meeting we had with the Ministry of Labour, they told us the same
thing that the president was out of the country and when he comes back they
believe that he will make the pronouncement.
“But I saw it this morning that he said the pronouncement
will come soon, but again we are really tired of soon, we want a definite
pronouncement, we want a definite solution to this lingering issue.
“At the end of the day, we have been hearing dates, we have
been hearing it will come today, tomorrow or next tomorrow, we are relatively
tired of promises, all we want is action.
“Nigerians are tired of meetings, lots of promises, what we
want is concrete action, so we are tired of promises and promises.”
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