NLC to visit Bauchi councils over workers’ salary

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bauchi State chapter, has concluded arrangement to embark on local government tour to interact with its members on payment of workers salary.
The state Chairman of NLC, Comrade Hashimu Muhammad Gital, stated this in Bauchi on Wednesday.
He explained that the tour became necessary because some politicians in the state have
resorted to the use of conventional and social media platforms to
speak on workers’ monthly salary and gratuity of retired workers.
Gital, who was in company with the state Chairman of Nigerian Union of
Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Shehu Isa; the Chairman,
Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state, Comrade Mohammed Usman; and
other union leaders, said that the tour to all the 20 councils became necessary with postings on social media where politicians speak on workers’ salary.
“The previous administration left one month salary, we embarked on
strike to press home for three months salary and we achieved that. As at today there is no arrear of salary. The politicians should be fair to us and the state government,” he said.
According to him, the union is also dialogging with government on how the huge gratuity put at N16 billion is be paid to retired
workers in the state.
“The state workforce is estimated between 95,000
and 105,00, We are on verification and at the end of
the exercise, we will determine the actual number of workers in the
State,” he said.
Gital said that the tour would offer union the opportunity to tell their members about their achievements, and other issues that affect them and “how far we have gone with government concerning their
welfare.
“To this end, the tour will commence on Thursday November 2,
2017 with Darazo and Misau in Cemtral zone, Zaki and Gamwa in northern zone and Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro in Southern Zone.
“The leaderships of the affected local governments are hereby requested to organize their members for the visit and interaction.”
The NLC Chairman dispelled insinuation of a hidden agenda for the tour,
maintaining that “there is a vacuum and we have observed that resolutions of SEC need to reach to the grass root. We don’t have
anything in hidden, our concern is to educate our members on their
responsibilities,” he said.
(nigerianewsflight.com)