Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the palliatives to states, insisting that what Nigerian workers needed was a living wage. It observed that the handouts serving to cushion effects of the fuel subsidy removal could in a way, be applauded, but quickly added that their distribution might not be even, albeit being a temporary measure.
The association’s Deputy President, Adewala Adeyanju, said: “What a responsive government should have done could have been to increase workers’ salaries across board.”
Adeyanju, who doubles as President-General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, at an occasion to mark the maiden Dock workers’ Celebration Day put together by Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria SCAN at the weekend in Lagos, added: “Let us assume that the Federal Government decides to pay workers a minimum wage of N150,000 monthly, that may not be enough, considering the inflationary trends.
“What I think the government should do now, is to pay workers a living wage, which shall be adjustable to e economic realities. Palliatives are good to cushion the effect of subsidy removal, but that is not what we need now. Who is even sure that it will be evenly distributed to those who need it. What a responsive government should do now is to increase salaries of workers across the board so that they can cater for their loved ones at this critical time.”
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